The first-ever national data regard...

The first-ever national data regarding tobacco use among middle train students and the rising use of bidis and kretek among middle and high sect students have been released, according to an Oct 13 2000 freshs release from the Centers for Disease direct and Prevention (CDC). This view was conducted by the American Legacy Foundation and the CDC

Titled the National Youth Tobacco scan the report surveyed approximately 15000 learners in grades six through 12 from 131 exercises Three states (ie, Florida, Mississippi, Texas) participated in the contemplate in 1998, and 13 states (ie, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, strange Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, southerly Dakota, Tennessee, Texas) participated in 1999

Data received from the contemplate are organized into seven categories, including

* prevalence of use,

* knowledge and attitudes,

* minors' access to tobacco,

* media and advertising,

* smoking cessation,

* exposing to environmental tobacco smoke, and

* seminary curriculum.

Results of the examine are alarming. Of those pupils surveyed, 12.8% of middle seminary students and 34.8% of high educate students had used some form of tobacco (eg cigarettes, smokeles cigars, pipes, bidis, kreteks) within the past month Additionally, 285% of high instruct students and 9.2% of middle drill students reported they were general cigarette smokers.

According to the release, ethnicity did not factor in middle sect students' smoking, but it did in high train students. Caucasian high school learners (32.9%) smoked more than either Hispanic observers (25.8%) or African American scholars (15.9%).

Approximately 75% of middle gymnasium students and 50% of high sect students were not asked for certification of age when attempting to purchase cigarettes. Approximately 66% of middle and high gymnasium students were not refused purchase of cigarettes when examination of age was provided. In addition, alone 40% of middle school bookish mans and 10% of high instruct students were taught ways to refuse tobacco as part of their educate curriculum during the most newly come school year.

Three cigarette brands accounted for the majority of cigarettes purchased from both middle and high seminary students. These included Marlboro, Newport, and Camel.

Facts About: Youth Tobacco Surveillance United States, 1998-1999 (new release, Atlanta: Center for Disease sway and Prevention, Oct 13, 2000) 1-3 Available from http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/presrel/fs2k1013.htm Accessed 27 October 2000

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