Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ596258
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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Cigarette Smoking among High School Students--11 States, 1991-1997.
Journal of School Health, v69 n8 p303-06 Oct 1999
Examined trends in cigarette smoking among high school students in 11 states that collected Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data during the 1990s. Student self-reports indicated that in 6 states, the prevalence of current smoking and frequent smoking increased. For five smoking behaviors, trends among students in most of the states were consistent with national YRBS trends. (SM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Health Behavior, High School Students, High Schools, Public Schools, Smoking, Student Behavior, Tobacco, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Youth Risk Behavior Survey
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