YRBS- Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1997 & 1999
|
Tobacco
|
1997 Kentucky
|
1997 National
|
1999 Kentucky
|
1999 National
|
|
|
% |
% |
% |
% |
|
LIFETIME: Ever smoked |
77.3 |
70.2 |
77.6 |
70.4 |
|
LIFETIME: First smoked before age
13 |
32.5 |
24.8 |
30.5 |
24.7 |
|
LIFETIME: Ever smoked at least one
cigarette per day for 30 days |
* |
* |
31.4 |
25.3 |
|
LIFETIME: Tried to quit smoking |
39.7 |
31.9 |
34.2 |
~ |
|
LAST 30 DAYS: Has smoked |
47.0 |
36.4 |
39.9 |
34.8 |
|
PAST 30 DAYS: Smoked 2 or more
cigarettes per day |
36.5 |
24.4 |
29.8 |
~ |
|
PAST 30 DAYS: Bought cigarettes in
store or gas station by self** |
20.5 |
29.8 |
31.5 |
23.5 |
|
PAST 30 DAYS: Had to show proof of
age when last bought cigarettes by self |
44.0 |
33.3 |
43.0 |
30.4 |
|
PAST 30 DAYS: Smoked at school |
25.3 |
14.6 |
20.9 |
14 |
|
PAST 30 DAYS: Chewed tobacco or
used snuff |
15.6 |
9.3 |
15.1 |
7.8 |
|
PAST 30 DAYS: Chewed tobacco or
used snuff at school |
9.7 |
5.1 |
9.2 |
4.2 |
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Sample size: high school students
in grades 9-12 |
1465 |
16000 |
1492 |
15349 |
|
|
|
~ 1999 figure not yet released |
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*No comparable question in 1997
survey. |
|
**Percentage of students who smoked
during this period. Does not include non-smokers. |
