Data Note: Public Views on Vaping and E Cigarettes KFF Vaping has overtaken cigarettes as the dominant nicotine risk for young people. The 2025 Monitoring the Future survey of 24,000+ US students confirms what schools have been seeing for years: 31% of Vaping May Be More Dangerous Than Cigarette Smoking, Studies Show University Hospitals No, vapes aren't 95% less harmful than cigarettes. Here's how this decade old myth took off