In the United States, more than 4 million youth between the ages of 12 and 17 are exposed to secondhand smoke in the home. The vast majority of this exposure is a result of parental smoking in the home. This report presents information about youth exposure to secondhand smoke, with special focus on exposure in the home. It explores prevalence of household restrictions on smoking, which can reduce secondhand smoke exposure. Finally, the report takes a brief look at what adults know about the effect of secondhand smoke on children.
Executive Summary The California Tobacco Surveys (CTS), along with other data sources, have helped document the progress and success of over a decade of tobacco control efforts in California. Some of the most important findings are highlighted below, with reference to Selected Key Findings (KF) appearing on the following pages that provide more detail. Since young people are the focus of this report, findings pertaining to adolescents and young adults are presented first.
The Minnesota Adult Tobacco Survey was conducted between November 2002 and June 2003. Findings are based on interviews with 8,821 adults, including 1,205 young adults between 18 and 24 years of age. The purpose of this report is to draw the attention of policy makers, the medical and public health communities, and the general public to the high smoking rates and somewhat unique smoking patterns among young adults in Minnesota. The unsettled nature of young adult smoking patterns means that there are points at which the community can intervene to prevent the steady escalation of smoking that often occurs during these years. Effective strategies to combat the tobacco industry’s advertising and promotional resources require solid information.
This report summarizes the main results from the 2023 wave of the Teens, Nicotine, and Tobacco (TNT) Project Online Survey, which was a statewide online survey conducted in California during spring and fall of 2023.
In 2004, The Center for Tobacco Policy Research (CTPR) partnered with Florida and sever other states to evaluate how unstable state financial climates were affecting state tobacco control conrol funding reductions. Using both quantitative methodologies, information was collected from the eight state tobacco control programs on topics such as state financial and political climates, partner relationships, program capacity, and the effects of funding reductions on program implementation. This report provides an overview of project LEAP and summary highlights from the series of four reports presenting Florida evaluation results.
Dedicated tobacco control partners and a comprehensive program contributed to Hawaii’s tobacco control program experiencing several successes, including the adoption of clean indoor air ordinances in all of the counties and a high cigarette excise tax. State budget shortfalls and prioritization of other issues in the Legislature have been a challenge for the program, but with the leadership of the State Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Education Program (DOH TPEP) and a coordinated effort among partners, Hawaii’s program will continue to grow and thrive. help finance construction of the new medical school was hurtful to the program.
Partners identified the following strengths and challenges of Hawaii’s tobacco control program:
• The dedication of the professionals working in tobacco control was viewed as a major strength of the program. Some partners also specifically mentioned the DOH TPEP staff as being highly committed.
• The ability to sustain the tobacco control program funding was viewed as a challenge due to the state’s difficult economic situation.
• Partners also felt that there was a need for more coordination and infrastructure. Some felt that there was no designated coordinating agency to oversee the entire program.
This survey was designed to provide nationally representative estimates of smoking behaviors, attitutes, and influences among African-American, Hispanic, and White middle and high school students. The prevalence youth smoking from this survey was reported in Legacy First Look Report 1, Cigarettee Smoking Among Youth: Results from the 1999 National Youth Tobacco Survey. In Spring 2000, the NYTS was repeated to complement the National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys that are conducted in the spring of odd years. Th sample size of the 2000 NYTS was increased to provide a nationally representative sample of Asian-Americans in middle and high school. The current report updated the findings from the 1999 NYTS focusing on the prevalence and intensity of youth smoking behavior and the characteristics of cigarettes smoked by middle and high school students.
The purpose of this report is to provide detailed information on cigarette smoking among youth, including the prevalence and intensity of smoking behavior as well as the characteristics of the cigarettes smoked by middle and high school students. It is the first in a series of reports from the American Lagacy Foundation (Legacy) that will summarize findings from the NYTs and other surveys and studies conducted by Legacy
In 2004, The Center for Tobacco Policy Research (CTPR) partnered with Indiana and several other states to evaluate how unstable state financial climates were affecting state tobacco control funding reductions. Using both quantitative methodologies, information was collected from the eight state tobacco control programs on topics such as state financial and political climates, partner relationships, program capacity, and the effects of funding reductions on program implementation. This report provides an overview of project LEAP and summary highlights from the series of four reports presenting Indiana evaluation results.
