Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011 and 2012

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Arrazola, René A. ; Dube, Shanta R. ; King, Brian A. ; Arrazola, René A. ; Dube, Shanta R. ; King, Brian A.
• Description:
  Nearly 90% of adult smokers in the United States began smoking by age 18 years. To assess current tobacco product use among youths, CDC analyzed data from the 2012 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS). This report describes the results of that Analysis, which found that, in 2012, the prevalence of current tobacco product use among middle and high school students was 6.7% and 23.3%, respectively. After cigarettes, cigars were the second most commonly used tobacco product, with prevalence of use at 2.8% and 12.6%, respectively. From 2011 to 2012, electronic cigarette use increased significantly among middle school (0.6% to 1.1%) and high school (1.5% to 2.8%) students, and hookah use increased among high school students (4.1% to 5.4%). During the same period, significant decreases occurred in bidi and kretek use among middle and high school students, and in dissolvable tobacco use among high school students. A substantial proportion of youth tobacco use occurs with products other than cigarettes, so monitoring and Prevention of youth tobacco use needs to incorporate other products, including new and emerging products. Implementing evidence-based interventions can prevent and reduce tobacco use among youths as part of comprehensive tobacco control programs. In addition, implementation of the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which granted the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products, also is critical to addressing this health risk behavior.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Child Cross-Sectional Studies Ethnicity Female Humans Male Sex Distribution Smoking Students Tobacco Products

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2013; 62(45):893-897. ; MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2013; 62(45):893-897.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)   ; Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)  
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  24226625
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4585347
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  45
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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  urn:sha-512:786ffe02ec250ddab8d4cfb7f485673d11638f7776a0ef2e311c5d49775f131a13b0de878d29d1be3ccabdb13d4c04cd008289c32dca4465b0d9ac3e98c837ef
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