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Fact Sheet

Youth and Tobacco Use: Current Estimates

(updated December 2006)

Cigarette Smoking

Other Tobacco Use

Factors Associated with Tobacco Use among Youth

References

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cigarette Use Among High School Students—United States, 1991–2005. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report [serial online]. 2006: 55(26);724–726 [cited 2006 Dec 5]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5526a2.htm.
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tobacco Use, Access, and Exposure To Tobacco in Media Among Middle and High School Students—United States, 2004. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report [serial online]. 2005: 4(12);297–301 [cited 2006 Dec 5]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5412a1.htm.
  3. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2005). Results From the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. (PDF–1.41MB) (Office of Applied Studies, NSDUH Series H-27, DHHS Publication No. SMA 05–4061) [cited 2006 Dec 5]. Rockville, MD. Available from: http://oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh/2k5nsduh/2k5results.pdf.
  4. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office on Smoking and Health, 1994 [cited 2006 Dec 5]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/sgr_1994/index.htm.
  5. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Reducing Tobacco Use: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2000 [cited 2006 Dec 5]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/sgr_2000/index.htm.

For Further Information

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Office on Smoking and Health
E-mail: tobaccoinfo@cdc.gov
Phone: 1-800-CDC-INFO

Media Inquiries: Contact CDC's Office on Smoking and Health press line at 770-488-5493.

 

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