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Tobacco Use among High School Students by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2008 to 2018
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Why Is This Important?
Tobacco use is usually initiated during adolescence. More than 90% of adult smokers begin smoking before 18 years of age. Youth use of tobacco in any form is unsafe. Youth who use multiple tobacco products are at higher risk for developing nicotine dependence and might be more likely to continue using tobacco into adulthood.^[http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/youth_data/tobacco_use/index.htm 1]^
Definition
Percentage of high school students (grade 9-12) who have used tobacco (cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, bidis, electronic cigarettes) in the 30 days preceding the survey Measurement of electronic cigarette use began in 2012.
Data Notes
The survey is only conducted in even-numbered years and was not conducted in 2010.Data Source
Youth Tobacco Survey, Office of Tobacco Control, New Jersey Department of Health(http://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/tobacco/)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Number of high school students who have used tobacco (cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, bidis, electronic cigarettes) in the 30 days preceding the surveyDenominator:
Total number of high school student survey respondents
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective TU-04
U.S. Target: Reduce current tobacco use (cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, hookah, pipe tobacco, and/or bidis) in adolescents to 11.3 percent of students in grades 6-12 by 2030
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/tobacco-use/reduce-current-tobacco-use-adolescents-tu-04
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective TU-2.1
U.S. Target: Reduce use of tobacco products by adolescents (past month) to 21.0 percent of high school students in grades 9-12 by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/tobacco-use
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective TU-2
NJ Target: Reduce current tobacco use (cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, bidis) by high school students (grades 9-12) to 20 percent for the total population, 19.5% for Blacks, 22.6% for Hispanics, and 21.5% for Whites by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/tobacco-use.shtml