ACI White Paper & Media Release – Tobacco Harm Reduction and the Teen Epidemic: Health Impacts from Vaping"As this paper shows, while vaping has increased among high school seniors, the amount of smoking has plummeted. Because vaping is approximately 95% safer than smoking, the tradeoff of smoking for vaping has sharply reduced total teen risks in recent years. Those citing a teen epidemic as justification for regulations are taking a position that is not supported by empirical evidence and espousing views that do more harm than good, because these regulations and restrictions may push teens and adults back to more dangerous cigarette smoking.Failure by regulators and legislators to recognize a continuum of product risks oddly encourages more risky choices for adult and teenage consumers, thereby encouraging smoking and increasing health risks."