Abstract
Trends in Cigarette Smoking Among High School Students—United States, 1991-1999
Highlights
ONE OF THE 10 LEADING HEALTH INDIcators that reflect the major health concerns in the United States is cigarette smoking among adolescents.1 To examine changes in cigarette smoking among high school students in the United States from 1991 to 1999, CDC analyzed data from the national Youth Risk Behavior
YRBS measures the prevalence of health risk behaviors among adolescents through representative biennial national, state, and local surveys
1999 National Youth Tobacco Survey2 reported that current smoking rates among black middle school students were similar to rates among white and Hispanic middle school students
Summary
ONE OF THE 10 LEADING HEALTH INDIcators that reflect the major health concerns in the United States is cigarette smoking among adolescents.1 To examine changes in cigarette smoking among high school students in the United States from 1991 to 1999, CDC analyzed data from the national Youth Risk Behavior. From 1991 to 1999, current smoking exhibited a significant linear trend among students overall and among all sex, racial/ethnic, and grade subgroups.
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