A new government report shows smoking by teens hit a new low last year while the popularity of electronic cigarettes and water pipes boomed. Teen use of e-cigarettes tripled in one year to more than 13 percent. About 9 percent of high schools students said they had tried hookahs. But smoking of traditional cigarettes plummeted to about 9 percent. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the report Thursday. It’s based on a national survey of about 22,000 students at middle schools and high schools, both public and private. A government-funded study released in December found similar trends.