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Comprehensive School Health Education Tobacco Control Programs

Tobacco Use Among Massachusetts High School Students, 1993 TO 1999
  TOTAL  MALES FEMALES
 1993199519971999 1993199519971999 1993199519971999
 
"Any cigarette smoking, lifetime"67.871.569.167.4 68.873.368.168.1 66.869.770.166.6
9th grade64.468.962.362.6 66.672.761.964.2 62.365.162.660.9
10th grade62.371.072.068.5 66.173.767.868.9 58.268.476.367.9
11th grade72.872.069.368.1 71.371.671.369.6 74.272.367.366.4
12th grade73.074.873.871.1 72.474.872.270.3 73.774.975.471.7
 
Recent cigarette smoking30.235.734.430.3 31.135.233.029.9 29.236.235.830.7
9th grade28.932.327.825.1 28.832.426.925.7 29.132.228.824.5
10th grade25.234.835.829.2 26.034.232.727.3 24.335.339.031.0
11th grade31.037.735.531.4 32.336.634.933.6 29.638.836.129.2
12th grade35.939.140.236.9 37.838.539.934.0 34.039.640.739.4
 
Daily cigarette smoking11.914.614.512.6 12.315.114.612.2 11.514.214.312.8
9th grade8.111.810.48.2 7.113.911.28.5 9.09.89.57.9
10th grade9.914.714.210.5 10.816.912.410.3 8.912.416.210.5
11th grade14.114.615.815.8 14.512.916.416.1 13.316.215.215.6
12th grade15.918.018.516.9 16.816.719.914.9 15.019.417.318.6
 
Recent smokeless tobacco use9.48.46.04.9 17.015.110.38.1 1.51.51.41.4
9th grade10.38.85.74.5 18.515.99.67.3 1.81.51.41.4
10th grade8.18.16.84.5 14.515.011.37.5 1.51.0.1.71.3
11th grade10.18.15.65.5 18.814.810.09.8 1.01.51.21.1
12th grade8.88.15.34.5 15.914.69.57.6 1.51.51.41.3
 
Recent cigar/cigarrillo smokingnanana15.6 nanana23.0 nanana7.9
9th grade   13.6    19.7    7.1
10th grade   13.7    18.3    8.8
11th grade   16.8    25.6    7.4
12th grade   18.8    30.3    7.2
 
Any recent tobacco usenanana35.0 nanana37.8 nanana32.3
9th grade   28.2    30.8    25.6
10th grade   33.9    34.9    32.8
11th grade   36.3    41.3    31.0
12th grade   43.9    46.7    41.1


last updated: January 1, 1999

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