Montgomery County Tobacco Use by Youth

Montgomery County Tobacco use by Youth

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

CURRENT USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS Under-Age (<18) Public Middle and High School Youth (Combined) Proportion (%) and Estimated Number of Youth

TOBACO PRODUCTS 2000 2002 2006 Baseline Data

Any Tobacco Product 16.6% 14.9% 14.3% Source: Table 3a 10,604 10,561 10,519

Cigarette 12.1% 9.5% 9.0% Source: Table 8a 7,455 6,474 6,414

Cigar 6.6% 6.1% 6.2% Source: Table 10a 4,107 4,152 4,423

Pipe (tobacco) 2.9% 3.7% 5.0% Source: Table 11 1,853 2,545 3,640

Bidi 5.0% 4.6% 5.2% Source: Table 12 3,087 3,177 3,801

Kretek 808 803 1,156 Source: Table 13

Smokeless Tobacco 2.9% 2.8% 3.3% Source: Table 9a 1,836 1,870 2,364

INITIATION OF TOBACCO USE IN PAST YEAR Under-Age (<18) Public Middle and High School Youth Combined Proportion (%) and Estimated Number of Youth 2000 Source: Table 1a 2002 2006 Baseline Data

Youth who used a tobacco product for the first time during the past 15.8% 13.4% 13.1% 12 months 10,100 9,546 9,640

CESSATION OF TOBACCO USE IN PAST YEAR Under-Age (<18) Public Middle and High School Youth Combined Proportion (%) and Estimated Number of Youth 2000 Source: Table 5a 2002 2006 Baseline Data

Youth who stopped using tobacco products during the past 12 36.9% 43.7% 45.0% months 1,955 2,046 1,577

References and Sources: “Monitoring Changing Tobacco-use Behaviors in Maryland,” 2007 Maryland De- partment of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Maryland Youth Tobacco Surveys (2000, 2002, and 2006), and unpublished data from Maryland’s Youth Tobacco Surveys.

CURRENT CIGARETTE SMOKING — School Type, Gender & Minorities Under-Age (<18) Public Middle and High School Youth (Combined) Proportion (%) and Estimated Number of Youth

PRODUCTS 2000 2002 2006 Baseline Data

Middle School (MS) 3.7% 3.1% 3.0% Source: Table 8b 1,065 981 916

MS Females 3.3% 2.3% 2.1% Source: Table 8d 450 346 320

MS Males 3.8% 4.0% 3.6% Source: Table 8c 558 635 556

MS Minorities 4.4% 3.9% 3.3% Source: Table 8e 566 685 553

High School (HS) 19.4% 14.9% 13.4% Source: Table 8f 6,389 5,494 5,498

HS Females 19.6% 14.1% 12.8% Source: Table 8h 3,217 2,583 2,573

HS Males 18.8% 15.4% 14.0% Source: Table 8g 3,101 2,836 2,899

HS Minorities 15.4% 14.0% 12.9% Source: Table 8i 2,222 2,683 3,006

Montgomery County - Current Cigarette Smoking (Middle & High School Youth of All Ages, By Grade) 2000 2006 50%

40%

30.5% 30% 22.6% 19.8% 18.9% 20% 15.4% 14.4% 9.0% 10.3% 10% 8.8% 5.2% 2.2% 2.4% 0.8% 1.0% 0% 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th Grade

Report prepared and published by the Surveillance & Evaluation Component of Maryland’s Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program. For additional information—Call 410-767-6878.