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Office on Smoking and Health
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWRs)
Trends in Cigarette Smoking Among High School Students—United States, 1991–2001
May 17, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. 19
MMWR Highlights
- 28.5% of high school students currently smoke cigarettes, down
from 36.4% in 1997 and 34.8% in 1999. Current smoking
is defined as having smoked on one or more days of the 30 days preceding
the survey.
- If teen smoking prevalence continues to decline
at the current rate, the United States could achieve the 2010 national
health objective of reducing current smoking rates among high school
students to 16%.
- Lifetime cigarette use among high school
students is 63.9%, down from 70.4% in 1999.
- Current frequent smoking, defined as smoking on
at least 20 of the 30 days preceding the survey, decreased from 16.8
% in 1999 to 13.8% in 2001.
- In 2001, as in previous years, white and
Hispanic students were significantly more likely than black students to
report current smoking.
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Page last modified 02/28/2007