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. 2018 Feb 1:15:E19.
doi: 10.5888/pcd15.170289.

Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students in Pennsylvania

Sophia I Allen  1 , Jonathan Foulds  2 , Emily Wasserman  2 , Susan Veldheer  2 , Shari Hrabovsky  2 , Jessica Yingst  2 , Guodong Liu  2   3
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Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students in Pennsylvania

Sophia I Allen et al. Prev Chronic Dis. .

Abstract

We analyzed data from the 2014-2015 Pennsylvania Youth Tobacco Survey to determine prevalence of tobacco use among middle and high school students. For the first time, questions on current (past 30-day) use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were included in the survey. For current use, e-cigarettes were the most commonly used tobacco product among middle school students (2.3%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.4%-3.2%), and cigarettes were the most commonly used tobacco product among high school students (11.0%; 95% CI, 8.1%-13.8%). Given the changing landscape of tobacco products, collection of comprehensive data on tobacco use, including frequency, is important for monitoring behaviors among adolescents.

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Percentages of middle and high school students who currently use tobacco, by grade and type of tobacco product, Pennsylvania Youth Tobacco Survey, 2014–2015. Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals. Current use is defined as use on ≥1 day in the past 30 days. [Table: see text]
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