Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students in Pennsylvania

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Allen, Sophia I. ; Foulds, Jonathan ; Wasserman, Emily ; Veldheer, Susan ; Hrabovsky, Shari ; Yingst, Jessica ; Liu, Guodong
• Description:
  We analyzed data from the 2014-2015 Pennsylvania Youth Tobacco Survey to determine prevalence of tobacco use among middle and high school students. For the first time, questions on current (past 30-day) use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were included in the survey. For current use, e-cigarettes were the most commonly used tobacco product among middle school students (2.3%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.4%-3.2%), and cigarettes were the most commonly used tobacco product among high school students (11.0%; 95% CI, 8.1%-13.8%). Given the changing landscape of tobacco products, collection of comprehensive data on tobacco use, including frequency, is important for monitoring behaviors among adolescents.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adolescent Behavior Cigarette Smoking Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Female Health Surveys Humans Male Sex Distribution Students Tobacco Products

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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 15.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd15.170289
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  29389310
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5798215
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  P50 DA036107/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  15
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f71d805b9d42c2aae6b4c965ae3214a1a4454ed74d45e624b036224b098ab7911099155de43374856b03a5b4fa27f0b4ac56c21aeec45a0d814e03ec75e88baf
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/52341/cdc_52341_DS1.pdf
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