Youth Tobacco Use
National and State Level Youth Tobacco Use Data
|
|
National |
Maryland (<18 years old) DHMH (2011) |
|
Youth Cigarette Use |
|
|
|
Middle School |
|
|
|
Male |
5.6% |
3.8% |
|
Female |
4.7% |
3.1% |
|
Ethnicity |
|
|
|
African-American |
5.2% |
- |
|
Asian-American |
2.5% |
- |
|
Hispanic |
6.7% |
- |
|
White |
4.3% |
- |
|
High School |
|
|
|
Male |
19.6% |
16.6% |
|
Female |
14.8% |
11.7% |
|
Ethnicity |
|
Middle and High School |
|
African-American |
7.4% |
6.5% |
|
Asian-American |
9.7% |
7.9% |
|
Hispanic |
19.2% |
12.1% |
|
White |
19.4% |
12.1% |
|
Youth Cigar Use |
- |
9.5% |
|
Middle School |
3.9% |
3.5% |
|
Male |
4.6% |
- |
|
Female |
3.2% |
- |
|
High School |
10.9% |
13.9% |
|
Male |
15.0% |
- |
|
Female |
6.7% |
- |
|
Youth Smokeless Tobacco Use |
- |
3.3% |
|
Middle School |
2.6% |
1.3% |
|
Male |
3.7% |
- |
|
Female |
1.4% |
- |
|
High School |
6.7% |
4.8% |
|
Male |
11.6% |
- |
|
Female |
1.8% |
- |
|
Youth Bidis Use |
- |
4.0% ** Note: DHMH (2009)** |
|
Middle School |
1.6% |
- |
|
High School |
2.4% |
- |
Tags:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Smoking and tobacco use: Youth and tobacco use. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/youth_data/tobacco_use/index.htm#estimates
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. (2011). Monitoring changing tobacco use behaviors 2000-2010: Legislative report. Retrieved from http://fha.maryland.gov/pdf/ohpetup/HG13-1004d-FHA-BiennialTobaccoReport.pdf
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. (2011). Monitoring changing tobacco use behaviors 2000-2010, legislative report: Appendix A: Youth prevalence, initiation and cessation. Retrieved from http://fha.maryland.gov/pdf/ohpetup/HG13-1004d-FHA-BiennialTobaccoReport.pdf
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. (2009). Monitoring changing tobacco use behaviors 2000-2008, legislative report: Appendix A: Youth prevalence, initiation and cessation. Retrieved from http://crf.maryland.gov/pdf/2009crf_biennial_tobacco_legis_rpt_appendixa.pdf
