Between 2013 and 2017, the number of Utah youth who were experimenting with or hooked on vaping more that doubled, health data show.
McGyver Clark, a Brigham Young University student advocate, says he’s afraid to imagine what those numbers will look like in Utah one, two or three years down the road if lawmakers don’t do something to halt the trend.
"From the National Youth Tobacco Survey, one in five students are addicted," Clark said Wednesday. "It's an epidemic."
That’s why Clark and other members of Students Against Electronic Vaping are pressing Utah legislators this year to pass an 86-percent tax on e-cigarettes, a proposal they believe will dramatically cut youth vaping.