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Usual Sources of Cigarettes for Middle and High School Students—Texas, 1998–1999

MMWR Highlights

October 11, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. 40


  • In 1998–1999, laws and regulations were in place in Texas to reduce underage access to tobacco products.
     
  • Usual sources of cigarettes for middle school students changed from 1998–1999.
     
  • From 1998 through 1999, access to cigarettes from stores decreased from 13.2 percent to 5.3 percent among middle school students.
     
  • From 1998 through 1999, access to cigarettes from vending machines decreased from 7.6 percent to 1.7 percent for middle school students.
     
  • Cigarette smoking prevalence among middle school students fell from 20 percent in 1998 to 14.8 percent in 1999.
     
  • Cigarette smoking prevalence among high school students remained virtually unchanged from 1998 to 1999 at 33 percent and 32.7 percent respectively.
     
  • Among middle school students, stealing cigarettes increased from 8.3 percent in 1998 to 12.3 percent in 1999.
     
  • Among middle school students, 23.3 percent reported getting cigarettes from other sources in 1999, up from 16.6 percent in 1998.
     
  • Among high school students, most sources for cigarettes did not change.
     
  • The percentage of high school students obtaining cigarettes from a vending machine fell from 1.8 percent in 1998 to 1.0 percent in 1999. 
     
  • The illegal sale rate of cigarettes to minors in Texas decreased from 24 percent in 1998 to 13 percent in 1999.
     
  • 10.5 percent of high school students reported “getting cigarettes from an older person” in 1999, up from 8 percent in 1998.

Usual Sources of Cigarettes for Middle and High School Students—Texas, 1998–1999


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