Youth and Young Adult Data

Fact Sheets

• Youth and Tobacco Use

Highlights from Surgeon General's Reports

• 2006
  • Children Are Hurt by Secondhand Smoke
• 2004
  • Impact on Unborn Babies, Children, and Adolescents
• 2000
  • The Impact of Educational Programs

Surveys

• National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS)
• Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS)
• Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
• Monitoring the Future Surveys (MTF)
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

Related MMWRs (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports)

• State Preemption of Local Tobacco Control Policies Restricting Smoking, Advertising, and Youth Access—United States, 2000–2010
  August 26, 2011 / Vol. 60 / No. 33
  
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• Decrease in Smoking Portrayed in Youth-Rated Movies
  July 15, 2011 / Vol. 60 / No. 27
  
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• Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students—United States, 2000–2009
  August 27, 2010 / Vol. 59 / No. 33
  
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• Cigarette Use Among High School Students—United States, 1991–2009
  July 9, 2010 / Vol. 59 / No. 26
  
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• High School Students Who Tried to Quit Smoking Cigarettes—United States, 2007
  May 01, 2009 / Vol. 58 / No. 16
  
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• Cigarette Brand Preference Among Middle and High School Students who are Established Smokers—United States, 2004 and 2006
  February 13, 2009 / Vol. 58 / No. 5
  
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• Changes in Tobacco Use Among Youths Aged 13–15 Years—Panama, 2002 and 2008
  January 9, 2009 / Vol. 57 / No. 53
  
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• Cigarette Use Among High School Students—United States, 1991–2007
  June 27, 2008 / Vol. 57 / No. 25
  
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• Global Youth Tobacco Surveillance, 2000–2007
  January 25, 2008 / Vol. 57 / No. SS01
  
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• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—Selected Steps Communities, 2005
  February 23, 2007 / 56 / No. SS02
  
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• Racial/Ethnic Differences Among Youths in Cigarette Smoking and Susceptibility to Start Smoking— United States, 2002–2004
  December 1, 2006 / Vol. 55 / No. 47
  
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• Cigarette Use Among High School Students—United States, 1991–2005
  July 7, 2006 / Vol. 55 / No. 26
  
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• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States, 2005
  June 9, 2006 / Vol. 55 / No. SS05
  
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• Use of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Among Students Aged 13–15 Years—Worldwide, 1999–2005
  May 26, 2006 / Vol. 55 / No. 20
  
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• Tobacco Use Among Students Aged 13–15 Years—Kurdistan Region, Iraq, 2005
  May 26, 2006 / Vol. 55 / No. 20
  
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• Youth Tobacco Surveillance—United States, 2001–2002
  May 19, 2006 / Vol. 55 / No. SS03
  
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• Estimated Exposure of Adolescents to State-Funded Anti-Tobacco Television Advertisements—37 States and the District of Columbia, 1999–2003
  October 28, 2005 / Vol. 54 / No. 42
  
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• Tobacco Use, Access, and Exposure to Tobacco in Media Among Middle and High School Students—United States, 2004
  April 1, 2005 / Vol. 54 / No. 12
  
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• Cigarette Use Among High School Students—United States, 1991–2003
  June 18, 2004 / Vol. 53 / No. 23
  
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• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States, 2003
  May 21, 2004 / Vol. 53 / No. SS02
  
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• Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students—United States, 2002
  November 14, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. 45
  
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• Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Middle and High School Students—Texas, 2001
  February 28, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. 7
  
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• Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students—New Hampshire, 1995–2001
  January 10, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. 1
  
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• Usual Sources of Cigarettes for Middle and High School Students—Texas, 1998–1999
  October 11, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. 40
  
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• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States, 2001
  June 28, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. SS-4
  
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• Trends in Cigarette Smoking Among High School Students—United States, 1991–2001
  May 17, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. 19
  
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• Youth Tobacco Surveillance—United States, 2000
  November 02, 2001 / Vol. 50 / No. SS-04
  
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