Prevalence
36.2% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 35.5%,
Female = 36.5%)
18.2% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 19.0%, Female =
17.4%)
14.5% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 14.4%, Female = 14.8%)
6.4% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 8.9%, Female =
4.1%)
18.8% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year
Knowledge and Attitude
16.0% think boys and 9.8% think girls who smoke have more
friends
6.1% think boys and 5.0% think girls who smoke look more
attractive
Access and Availability—Current Smokers
24.4% usually smoke at home
40.5% buy cigarettes in a store
Environmental Tobacco Smoke
37.3% live in homes where others smoke in their presence
52.8% are around others who smoke in places outside their home
84.4% think smoking should be banned from public places
72.0% think smoke from others is harmful to them
41.6% have one or more parents who smoke
11.3% have most or all friends who smoke
Cessation—Current Smokers
55.1% want to stop smoking
66.0% tried to stop smoking during the past year
68.6% have ever received help to stop smoking
Media and Advertising
89.5% saw antismoking media messages, in the past 30 days
63.5% saw pro–cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days
45.1% saw pro–cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the
past 30 days
8.8% have an object with a cigarette brand logo
9.8% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company
representative
School
60.3% had been taught in class, during the past year, about
the dangers of smoking
37.4% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why
people their age smoke
54.6% had been taught in class, during the past year, the
effects of tobacco use
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Highlights
• Over 18% of students currently use any form of tobacco;
14.5% of the students currently smoke cigarettes; 6.4% currently
use some other form of tobacco.
• ETS exposure is high—over one third of the students live
in homes where others smoke and over half are exposed to smoke
around others outside of the home; over 4 in 10 of the students
have a parent who smokes and over 11% of students have friends
who smoke.
• Nearly three-quarters of students think smoke from others
is harmful to them.
• Approximately 55% of the current smokers want to stop
smoking.
• Nearly 1 in 10 students were offered a free cigarette by a
tobacco company representative.
• Nearly 9 in 10 students saw antismoking media messages in
the past 30 days; nearly two-thirds of students saw
pro-cigarette ads in the past 30 days. |