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ERIC Number: EJ569494
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4391
Trends in Tobacco Use Among High School Students in the United States, 1991-1995.
Everett, Sherry A.; Husten, Corinne G.; Warren, Charles W.; Crossett, Linda; Sharp, Donald
Journal of School Health, v68 n4 p137-40 Apr 1998
Examined demographic characteristics of high school tobacco-users across gender and ethnicity using data from the 1991-1995 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Current smoking increased, with one-third of 9th and 12th graders currently smoking in 1995 and 11% of all students using smokeless tobacco. Many students used tobacco before high school. Tobacco use differed by gender and ethnicity. (SM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Epidemiology, Health Behavior, High School Students, High Schools, Racial Differences, Sex Differences, Smoking, Student Behavior, Tobacco, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Risk Taking Behavior; Smokeless Tobacco; Youth Risk Behavior Survey