Prevalence
16.2% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male
= 14.5%, Female = 14.1%)
20.5% currently use any tobacco product (Male =
20.6%, Female = 15.8%)
5.1% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 4.1%, Female
= 4.2%)
17.8% currently use other tobacco products (Male
= 18.4%, Female = 13.5%)
23.5% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking
next year
Knowledge and Attitudes
59.1% think boys and 44.1% think girls who smoke
have more friends
11.4% think boys and 13.4% think girls who smoke
look more attractive
Access and Availability—Current Smokers
32.2% usually smoke at home
49.5% buy cigarettes in a store
Environmental Tobacco Smoke
30.6% live in homes where others smoke in their
presence
46.9% are around others who smoke in places outside
their home
75.9% think smoking should be banned from public
places
30.9% think smoke from others is harmful to them
31.1% have one or more parents who smoke
8.2% have most or all friends who smoke
Cessation—Current Smokers
86.3% want to stop smoking
50.4% tried to stop smoking during the past year
78.3% have ever received help to stop smoking
Media and Advertising
81.9% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past
30 days
76.8% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the
past 30 days
66.5% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines,
in the past 30 days
27.5% have an object with a cigarette brand logo
26.3% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco
company representative
School
49.2% had been taught in class, during the past
year, about the dangers of smoking
41.0% had discussed in class, during the past year,
reasons why people their age smoke
53.6% had been taught in class, during the past
year, the effects of tobacco use
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