Prevalence
16.3% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Boys = 24.1%, Girls =
10.0%)
14.2% currently use any tobacco product (Boys = 17.0%, Girls = 11.6%)
5.5% currently smoke cigarettes (Boys = 8.7%, Girls = 2.6%)
10.8% currently use other tobacco products (Boys = 11.1%, Girls = 10.6%)
8.1% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year
Knowledge
and
Attitudes
54.3% think boys and 30.1% think girls who smoke have more friends
27.5% think boys and 16.6% think girls who smoke look more attractive
Access and Availability - Current Smokers
28.6% usually smoke at home
23.7% buy cigarettes in a store
* Who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of
their age
Environmental
Tobacco
Smoke
36.3% live in homes where others smoke in their presence
55.7% are around others who smoke in places outside their home
70.9% think smoking should be banned from public places
71.1% think smoke from others is harmful to them
30.0% have one or more parents who smoke
7.0% have most or all friends who smoke
Cessation
-
Current
Smokers
63.5% want to stop smoking
68.3% tried to stop smoking during the past year
64.9% have ever received help to stop smoking
Media
and
Advertising
71.7% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days
54.5% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days
58.6% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days
13.9% have an object with a cigarette brand logo
14.9% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative
School
69.8% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers
of smoking 46.7% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their
age smoke 57.9% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco
use
* Less
than 35 students participated |
Highlights
• 14% of students currently use any form of tobacco; 6% currently smoke
cigarettes; 11% currently use some other form of tobacco.
• ETS exposure is high - almost 4 in 10 students live in homes where
others smoke in their presence; almost 6 in 10 are exposed to smoke in public
places; 3 in 10 have parents who smoke.
• 7 in 10 students think smoke from others is harmful to them.
• 7 in 10 students think smoking in public places should be banned.
• Over 6 in 10 smokers want to quit.
• Over 7 in 10 students saw anti-smoking media messages in the past 30
days; almost 6 in 10 students saw pro-cigarette ads in the past 30 days. |