Cigarette Use Among American Indian/Alaska Native Youths

The NHSDA Report: Cigarette Use Among American Indian/Alaska Native Youths

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 Highlights:

• American Indian/Alaska Native youths aged 12 to 17 were more likely than youths from other racial/ethnic groups to smoke cigarettes during the past month.

• American Indian/Alaska Native youths were less likely than youths from other racial/ethnic groups to believe that their parents would strongly disapprove of their smoking one or more packs of cigarettes per day. 

• American Indian/Alaska Native youths were also less likely than youths from other racial/ethnic groups to strongly or somewhat disapprove of their peers' smoking one or more packs of cigarettes per day.  

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This Short Report,  The NHSDA Report: Cigarette Use Among American Indian/Alaska Native Youths, is based on SAMHSA's  National Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental health measures in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use and for selected mental health measures by State.

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