Trends in Cigarette Use among Adolescents and Young Adults. The NSDUH Report.

摘要

Smoking remains the Nation's leading cause of preventable illness and death. Antismoking efforts have been undertaken to address this problem, and many of these efforts place particular emphasis on adolescents and young adults because most adult smokers initiate cigarette use before the age of 25. Schools offer health education programs targeting cigarette use, and antismoking campaigns educate young people about the dangers of smoking. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) can be used to examine trends in smoking behavior over time. NSDUH asks persons aged 12 or older if they smoked part or all of a cigarette in the past 30 days. Respondents who answered affirmatively were asked about the number of days they smoked during the past month and the number of cigarettes they smoked per day. This issue of The NSDUH Report examines trends since 2004, with a particular focus on recent trends from 2008 to 2010, in cigarette use among adolescents aged 12 to 17 and among young adults aged 18 to 25. These trends include use in the past month, daily use in the past month, and number of cigarettes smoked per day among daily smokers.