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Past Month Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Boys, Grades 9-12—United States, 1993


State

Prevalence
(Percentage)

District of Columbia  2.7
Hawaii  8.9
Utah 11.9
New Jersey 13.3
Delaware 15.0
Illinois 16.2
Massachusetts 17.0
Georgia  17.6
Maine 18.8
Nevada 19.0
New York 19.4
New Hampshire 19.5
South Carolina 20.4
North Carolina 20.5
Wisconsin 21.0
Ohio 22.5
New Mexico 24.1
Mississippi 24.2
Louisiana 25.1
Oregon 25.5
Arkansas 26.2
Nebraska 26.5
Idaho 26.7
Wyoming 32.6
Tennessee 33.8
Montana 36.5
South Dakota 37.9
Kentucky 39.0
West Virginia 40.3
Northeastern Region 15.5
Western Region 18.6
Southern Region 19.0
Midwestern Region 25.2
United States 20.4


Source:
Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), 1993
Note: In 1993, past month cigarette smoking among youth was measured in 28 states and DC using the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System.

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