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National Fact Sheets

The Tobacco Use United States [pdf 213K] fact sheet combines results from the 2009 national YRBS and SHPPS 2006 to

  • Identify the percent of high school students who smoke cigarettes and who use other tobacco products including smokeless tobacco.
  • Describe characteristics of health education, family and community involvement, and the school environment among U.S. high schools that may help to address the problem.

State and Large Urban School District Fact Sheets*

These fact sheets combine results from the 2009 state and district YRBS and 2008 state and district Profiles to

  • Identify the percent of high school students who smoke cigarettes and who use other tobacco products including smokeless tobacco.
  • Describe state and local characteristics of health education, partnerships with the community, and the school environment among high schools that may help address the problem.

The following documents are in Portable Document Format.* [approximately 100K-200K]

States1

Alabama Montana
Alaska Nevada
Arizona New Hampshire
Arkansas New Jersey
Colorado New York
Connecticut North Carolina
Delaware North Dakota
Florida Oklahoma
Hawaii Pennsylvania
Idaho Rhode Island
Indiana South Carolina
Kansas South Dakota
Kentucky Tennessee
Maine Texas
Maryland Utah
Massachusetts Vermont
Michigan West Virginia
Mississippi Wisconsin
Missouri Wyoming

Districts1

Broward County, FL Orange County, FL
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC Palm Beach County, FL
Chicago, IL Philadelphia, PA
Detroit, MI San Bernardino, CA
Los Angeles, CA San Diego, CA
Memphis, TN San Francisco, CA
Miami-Dade County, FL  

1. States and districts listed above had weighted data for both the 2009 YRBS and 2008 Profiles. This means that for YRBS, the site achieved at least a 60% overall response rate. For Profiles, the site achieved at least a 70% school response rate. With weighted data, it is possible to say, for example, "X% of high school students in our state smoked cigarettes during the past month and X% of high schools in our state taught tobacco use prevention education."

 

YRBS

The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors priority health-risk behaviors and the prevalence of obesity and asthma among youth and young adults. YRBSS includes a national school-based survey conducted by the CDC and state, territorial, tribal, and local surveys conducted by state, territorial, and local education and health agencies and tribal governments.

Profiles

The School Health Profiles Survey (Profiles) is a system of surveys assessing school health policies and practices in states, large urban school districts, territories, and tribal governments. Profiles surveys are conducted biennially by education and health agencies among middle and high school principals and lead health education teachers.

SHPPS

The School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) is a national survey periodically conducted to assess school health policies and practices at the state, district, school, and classroom levels.

See Also

Data by Health Topic

 

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