NORT H C AROLINA YOUTH TOBACCO SURVEY ( NC YT S)
Mi ddl e & High Sch o o ls
NC Middle & High School Current* Users
of Any Tobacco Product: NC YTS, 1999-2013**
The North Carolina Youth
Tobacco Survey (NC YTS)
is a public school-based
survey of students in grades
6 – 12 and has been
conducted every two years
since 1999. For 2013, a total
of 8,019 students (3,927,
middle school (MS) students
and 4,092 high school (HS)
students) responded to the
survey. The NC YTS 2013
school response rates were
88.24% and 81.37% for MS
and HS, respectively, and
student response rates were
85.54% and 83.37% for MS
and HS, respectively. The
overall response rate was
75.47% for MS and 67.84%
for HS. North Carolina
enrollment figures (347,036
MS students, and 412,504
HS students) were used
to generalize NC YTS
findings to all MS and HS
students in the state.
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Percentage of Students
** Addition of emerging
products to Any Tobacco User
variable started in 2011.
38.3
40
35.8
35
33.7
Percentage of Students
31.6
27.8
30
20
18.4
14.3
10.5
10
1999
2001
2003
2005
Middle School
0
2007
2009
2011
2013
High School
NC
High
Schools
3 in every 10
(~122,514) high
school students
are current tobacco
users
NC Middle Schools
19.0
Students are currently
smoking cigarettes
16.7
15.5
13.5
9.3
2003
8.6
8,676
5.8
2001
9.9
1 in every 10
(~29,845) middle
school students is a
current tobacco user
15.0
1999
10.5
9.1
NC
Middle
Schools
27.3
5
25.8
17.4
15
0
20
10
25.8
25
20.3
11.3
26.6
5
25
15
29.7
28.5
30
NC Middle & High School Current*
Smoking Prevalence: NC YTS, 1999-2013
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Factsheet
2005
Middle Schools
4.5
2007
4.3
2009
High Schools
4.2
2011
2.5
2013
NC High Schools
55,688
Students are currently
smoking cigarettes
Current use is defined as using on one or more of the past 30 days. **Beginning in 2011, NC YTS began including an item for use of emerging tobacco products.
Emerging tobacco products include electronic cigarettes, clove cigars, dissolvable tobacco products, flavored cigarettes, flavored little cigars, hookahs or waterpipes,
roll-your-own cigarettes, and snus. Data on emerging tobacco product use prior to 2011 is not available.
*
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Concerning Trends – 2013
NC High School Current* Tobacco Users
by Gender: NC YTS 2013
Current Emerging Tobacco Users***
22.4%
(~22,557)
MS students
(~92,401)
HS students
Percentage of H.S. Students
6.5%
40
Current Dual Tobacco Product Users†
4.4%
19.1%
(~15,270)
MS students
(~78,788)
HS students
High School Students
36.8
30
29.7
25
20
16.9
13.4
15
10
5
Smoking is Always
Allowed in the Home
NC High School Students Current Users
of Emerging Tobacco Products***:
NC YTS 2011-2013
Percentage of
H.S. Students
26.0
22.4
18.7
7.7
10
5
1.7
10.7
6.1
5.2 4.6 6.1
Hookahs/
Waterpipes
Flavored
Little Cigars
3.6
0
Any Emerging
Tobacco Product
E-cigarettes
2011
2013
13.6%
12.4%
18.4%
(~32,274)
MS
students
(~56,101)
HS
students
(~43,032)
MS
students
(~75,901)
HS
students
Think Smoke from Others is Harmful to Them
Considering Use Next Year
Percentage of Students
60
93.1%
89.6%
(~323,091)
MS students
(~369,604)
HS students
Cessation Behavior among
Current* Smokers – 2013
80
69.7 68.2
66.7
Smoking is Always
Allowed in Vehicle
9.3%
NC Middle & High School Students Exposed
to Secondhand Smoke‡ by Venue
and Smoking Status: NC YTS 2013
70
Dual Use
Exposure to Secondhand
Smoke – 2013
Students who currently use two or more of any form of tobacco, including
emerging tobacco products are considered to be a dual user.
10.0
Emerging Tobacco Use
NOTE: Detailed analysis on current emerging tobacco users and dual users are
only available for high school students due to a small sample size among middle
school students.
†
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19.1
Type of Tobacco Use
Current emerging tobacco user is someone who self-reported as using
emerging tobacco products on one or more of the past 30 days. Emerging
tobacco products include electronic cigarettes, clove cigars, dissolvable tobacco
products, flavored cigarettes, flavored little cigars, hookahs or waterpipes,
roll-your-own cigarettes, and snus.
20
24.5
22.4
22.3
0
***
25
Female
27.6
Any Tobacco Use
30
Male
35
53.4
Want to Stop
Smoking
50
40
Attempted to Quit
Smoking in Past 12
Months
30
20
19.5
19.4
16.8
16.6
35.7%
39.1%
66.5%
59.8%
(~3,097)
MS
students
(~21,774)
HS
students
(~5,769)
MS
students
(~33,301)
HS
students
10
0
Never
Smoker
Current
Smoker
In the Home
Middle School
Never
Smoker
Current
Smoker
In Vehicle
High School
Exposure to secondhand smoke is defined as exposure on one or more of past 7 days.
Current use is defined as using on one or more of the past 30 days.
‡
*
For more information, please contact the North Carolina Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch at (919) 707-5400.
www.tobaccopreventionandcontrol.ncdhhs.gov