Prevalence
22.8% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Boy = 24.2%, Girl = 20.7%)
16.0% currently use any tobacco product (Boy = 18.9%, Girl = 12.2%)
8.3% currently smoke cigarettes (Boy = 9.2%, Girl = 7.2%)
9.5% currently use other tobacco products (Boy = 12.2%, Girl = 5.9%)
13.3% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year
Knowledge and Attitudes
9.8% think boys and 7.4% think girls who smoke have more friends
6.1% think boys and 5.3% think girls who smoke look more attractive
Access and Availability - Current Smokers
22.3% usually smoke at home
45.4% buy cigarettes in a store
81.3% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because
of their age
Environmental Tobacco Smoke
44.3% live in homes where others smoke in their presence
50.7% are around others who smoke in places outside their home
85.3% think smoking should be banned from public places
64.5% think smoke from others is harmful to them
38.8% have one or more parents who smoke
9.4% have most or all friends who smoke
Cessation - Current Smokers
77.4% want to stop smoking
63.3% tried to stop smoking during the past year
74.8% have ever received help to stop smoking
Media and Advertising
77.2% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days
81.6% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days
72.6% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30
days
13.2% have an object with a cigarette brand logo
13.2% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative
School
43.2% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers
of smoking
28.0% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people
their age smoke
44.8% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of
tobacco use
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Highlights
• 16% of students currently use any form of tobacco; 8% currently smoke
cigarettes; 10% currently use some other form of tobacco.
• ETS exposure is high–Over 4 in 10 students live in homes where others
smoke in their presence; Over 5 in 10 are exposed to smoke in public places;
Almost 4 in 10 have parents who smoke.
• Over 6 in 10 of students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
• Almost 9 in 10 students think smoking in public places should be banned.
• Almost 8 in 10 smokers want to quit.
• Almost 8 in 10 students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past
30 days; Over 8 in 10 students saw pro-cigarette ads in the past 30 days.
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