Teens and smoking
01/07/00
38.3 percent of high school students had used
tobacco products (cigarettes, spit tobacco,
cigars and pipes) in the past 30 days.
18.4 percent of middle school students had used
tobacco products in the past 30 days.
31.6 percent of high school students had smoked
cigarettes in the past 30 days.
15.0 percent of middle school students had smoked
cigarettes in the past 30 days.
46.0 percent of high school students have smoked a cigar.
22.4 percent of middle school students have smoked a cigar.
58.8 percent of high school
smokers have tried to quit smoking at least once.
64.7 percent of middle school
smokers have tried to quit smoking at least once.
16.1 percent of high school
smokers say they first smoked before age 11.
28.6 percent of middle school
smokers say they first smoked before age 11.
28.9 percent of high school users of smokeless
tobacco say they first used it before age 11.
55.5 percent of middle school users of smokeless
tobacco say they first used it before age 11.