Kentucky Youth Tobacco Survey KYTS

1. Kentucky Youth Tobacco Survey (KYTS) 2002 Results

2. *Disclaimer The following presentation is a synopsis of a research report. DSA and REACH are not endorsing or taking a position on the methodology or reported findings. The information has been drawn from the executive summary. This presentation is for informational purposes only, and the intent is to help general prevention practitioners translate research into practice. Neither REACH nor DSA are validating, endorsing, synthesizing or in any other way critically evaluating the study, but merely summarizing the reported work of another research group, in order to inform practitioners.

3. Survey Overview Information gathered prevalence of tobacco use among young people (middle and high school students) secondhand smoke exposure cessation of tobacco use minors� access to tobacco products tobacco use in schools tobacco-related attitudes of young people and the influence of peers and family members in using tobacco products Conducted by Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) Data collected from March to June 2002 Full report can be found at http://chs.ky.gov/publichealth/tobacco.htm

4. Overview of Results

5. 34% of Kentucky high school students and 15% of middle school students are current smokers (down from 37% and 22%, respectively, in 2000) These rates are higher than national average for this year (28% and 11%, respectively) Significant drop in current smoking for 7th graders � from 28% in 2000 to 17% in 2002 Significant drop in current smoking for white middle school students � from 22% in 2000 to 14% in 2002

6. 16% of African-American high school students currently use cigarettes compared to 36% of white students Greatest increase in current smoking rates is seen between 6th and 7th grades, with almost 1 in 4 students smoking by the time they reach 8th grade From grades 9 to 12 current smoking rates jump from 27% to 42% Current use of spit/smokeless tobacco is 1 in 4 among high school boys and 1 in 5 among middle school boys

7. Reported Frequent Cigarette Use (defined as smoking cigarettes on 20 or more of the past 30 days) 20% of high school students and 4% of middle school students report frequent cigarette use Approximately 1 in 4 11th and 12th graders are frequent smokers Frequent cigarette smoking is well established by the 9th grade

8. Reported Lifetime Tobacco Use (defined as ever tried any tobacco product) Lifetime cigarette use may be declining � overall 69% of high school students and 44% of middle school students have smoked cigarettes at some time (down from 74% and 50%, respectively, in 2000) Lifetime cigar use for high school students declined significantly from 54% in 2000 to 48% in 2002 Lifetime use of smokeless or spit tobacco is statistically unchanged overall, but may be increasing among 11th and 12th graders (1 in 2 high school boys and 1 in 3 middle school boys have tried smokeless tobacco)

9. Reported Tobacco Dependence (defined as having smoked 100 or more cigarettes, or needing a cigarette everyday) 15% of all high school students smoked their first cigarette before age 11; males are more likely to have smoked before age 11 than females 39% of high school students and 18% of middle school students have smoked 100 or more cigarettes Nearly � of high school students say they need a cigarette every day 1 in 3 middle school smokers need a cigarette every day; 11% of 6th graders need a cigarette daily, while 35% of 7th graders need one every day

10. Reported Tobacco Cessation 75% of current youth smokers in Kentucky believed they could quit smoking if they wanted to, but� 49% of high school smokers and 53% of middle school smokers were unsuccessful in their attempts to quit smoking Significantly FEWER high school students attempted to quit smoking in 2002 (49% of current smokers) compared to 2000 (60% of current smokers)

11. Reported Access to Tobacco Products 20% of high school students and 7% of middle school students purchase tobacco from retail outlets 62% of high school students and 75% of middle school students who made retail tobacco purchases were not asked to show proof of age 49% of high school students and 31% of middle school students were denied tobacco purchases due to their age at some point during the year

12. 24% of high school students obtain cigarettes by giving money to an older person to purchase them 27% of middle school students get cigarettes by borrowing/bumming them from someone else 10% of high school students and 13% of middle school student smokers were given cigarettes by an older person

13. Reported Secondhand Smoke 45% of high school nonsmokers report exposure to SHS while riding in a car 74% of high school nonsmokers report exposure while in a room with a smoker 50% of middle school nonsmokers are exposed to SHS in a car, while 63% are exposed while in a room with a smoker The rate of exposure to SHS for high school smokers is 88% while in a car, and 96% while in a room with another smoker 86% of middle school smokers are exposed in a car, while 90% are exposed in a room with another smoker

14. Reported Social Influences Impacting Tobacco Use 61% of high school smokers and 76% of middle school smokers live with a person who smokes 91% of high school smokers have at least one friend who smokes, while 44% of nonsmokers have one or more friends who smoke 86% of middle school smokers have at least one friend who smokes, while 22% of nonsmokers in middle school have one or more friends that smoke