Hysteria was created when the US agencies the FDA and CDC started to describe youth use as an epidemic. The origins of the use of this term are from a CDC focus group involving youth to find the most impactful scary word to influence their peers.

Clive Bates analysis

Epidemic of youth nicotine addiction? What does the National Youth Tobacco Survey 2017-2019 reveal about high school e-cigarette use in the USA?

Brad Rodu analysis