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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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