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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWRs)
Youth Tobacco Surveillance—United States, 2001–2002
May 19, 2006 / Vol. 55 / No. SS03
MMWR Highlights
- Findings from the 2002 NYTS indicate that current use of any
tobacco product ranged from 13.3% among middle school students to
28.2% among high school students.
- Cigarette smoking was the most prevalent form of tobacco use,
with 9.8% of middle school students and 22.5% of high school
students reporting that they currently smoke cigarettes.
- Cigar smoking was the second most prevalent form of tobacco use,
with 6.0% of middle school students and 11.6% of high school
students reporting that they currently smoke cigars.
- Among current cigarette smokers, 41.8% of middle school students
and 52.0% of high school students reported that they usually smoke
Marlboro® cigarettes.
- Black middle school and high school students who smoke were more
likely to smoke Newport® cigarettes than any other brand
(58.3% and 66.8%, respectively).
- Among middle school students aged <18 years, 75.9% were not
asked to show proof of age when they bought or tried to buy
cigarettes, and 63.4% were not refused purchase because of their
age.
- Among high school students aged <18 years, 58.5% were not asked
to show proof of age when they bought or tried to buy cigarettes,
and 60.6% were not refused purchase because of their age.
- Nearly half (49.6%) of middle school students and 62.1% of high
school students who smoke reported a desire to stop smoking
cigarettes, with 55.4% of middle school students and 53.1% of high
school students reported having made at least one cessation attempt
during the 12 months preceding the survey.
- Among students who have never smoked cigarettes, 21.3% of middle
school students and 22.9% of high school students were susceptible
to initiating cigarette smoking in the next year.
- Exposure to secondhand smoke (i.e., environmental tobacco smoke)
was high.
- During the week before the survey
- 88.3% of middle school students and 91.4% of high school
students who currently smoke cigarettes and 47.1% of middle
school students and 53.3% of high school students who have never
smoked cigarettes were in the same room with someone who was
smoking cigarettes
- 81.7% of middle school students and 83.7% of high school
students who currently smoke cigarettes and 31.5% of middle
school students and 29.1% of high school students who have never
smoked cigarettes rode in a car with someone who was smoking
cigarettes
- 71.5% of middle school students and 57.5% of high school
students who currently smoke cigarettes and 33.3% of middle
school students and 29.9% of high school students who have never
smoked cigarettes lived in a home in which someone else smoked
cigarettes.
- Media and advertising influence was also noted, with 58.1% of
middle school students and 54.9% of high school students who
currently use tobacco and 11.0% of middle school students and 13.7%
of high school students who have never used tobacco reporting that
they would wear or use an item with a tobacco company name or logo
on it.
- Although 84.6% of middle school students and 91.2% of high school
students had seen or heard antismoking commercials on television or radio,
89.9% of middle school students and 91.3% of high school students also had
seen actors using tobacco on television or in the movies.
Page last reviewed 02/28/2007
Page last modified 02/28/2007