Table 1.
Percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who think breathing smoke from other people’s cigarettes or other tobacco products causes ‘no’, ‘little’, ‘some’, or ‘a lot of’ harm, by selected characteristics - National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2012
|
Characteristic |
Unweighted frequency |
No harm |
Little harm |
Some harm |
A lot of harm |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |
|
Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Girl |
11,757 |
3.3 |
2.9-3.7 |
17.7 |
16.7-18.9 |
40.3 |
38.8-41.8 |
38.7 |
37.0-40.5 |
| Boy |
11,581 |
6.1 |
5.5-6.8 |
22.1 |
20.9-23.2 |
37.1 |
35.9-38.4 |
34.7 |
33.2-36.3 |
|
Race/Ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White, Non-Hispanic |
12,691 |
3.6 |
3.2-4.2 |
20.8 |
19.7-21.9 |
40.9 |
39.3-42.4 |
34.7 |
33.1-36.4 |
| Black, Non-Hispanic |
3,112 |
6.0 |
5.2-7.0 |
21.8 |
20.0-23.7 |
33.5 |
31.1-35.9 |
38.7 |
36.1-41.3 |
| Hispanic |
5,247 |
6.3 |
5.4-7.4 |
17.6 |
16.2-19.2 |
36.6 |
35.0-38.2 |
39.5 |
37.3-41.8 |
| Asian, Non-Hispanic |
1,141 |
2.9 |
2.0-4.2 |
13.5 |
11.1-16.2 |
37.6 |
34.0-41.4 |
46.0 |
42.0-50.0 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native, Non-Hispanic |
319 |
10.9 |
6.5-17.6 |
16.9 |
13.0-21.7 |
38.6 |
32.6-45.0 |
33.7 |
28.3-39.5 |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic |
165 |
2.0 |
0.7-5.8 |
17.3 |
10.0-28.1 |
33.1 |
26.5-40.3 |
47.6 |
38.0-57.4 |
|
Grade Level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Middle School |
10,943 |
4.4 |
3.9-5.1 |
21.9 |
20.5-23.4 |
37.5 |
35.7-39.4 |
36.2 |
33.9-38.6 |
| 6th |
3,368 |
4.2 |
3.4-5.2 |
22.2 |
19.9-24.7 |
37.3 |
34.9-39.9 |
36.3 |
33.6-39.1 |
| 7th |
3,830 |
4.3 |
3.5-5.2 |
22.6 |
20.4-25.0 |
35.8 |
33.7-38.0 |
37.2 |
34.6-39.9 |
| 8th |
3,745 |
4.8 |
3.9-5.7 |
20.8 |
18.2-23.7 |
39.4 |
36.2-42.7 |
35.1 |
30.7-39.6 |
| High School |
12,337 |
4.8 |
4.2-5.5 |
18.4 |
17.3-19.6 |
39.6 |
38.2-41.0 |
37.2 |
35.6-38.8 |
| 9th |
3,110 |
6.1 |
5.0-7.4 |
19.8 |
18.0-21.8 |
39.1 |
36.8-41.4 |
35.0 |
32.5-37.7 |
| 10th |
2,966 |
4.7 |
3.8-5.8 |
18.7 |
17.2-20.3 |
40.0 |
37.7-42.3 |
36.6 |
34.2-39.1 |
| 11th |
3,210 |
4.2 |
3.4-5.1 |
17.7 |
16.1-19.5 |
39.8 |
37.7-42.0 |
38.3 |
35.8-40.8 |
| 12th |
3,051 |
4.2 |
3.2-5.5 |
17.2 |
15.3-19.3 |
39.4 |
37.0-41.9 |
39.2 |
36.6-41.9 |
|
Tobacco Use (Past 30 Days) a |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No Tobacco Use |
19,173 |
3.3 |
2.9-3.7 |
18.8 |
17.8-19.9 |
39.5 |
38.1-40.8 |
38.4 |
36.8-40.1 |
| Non-Combustible Tobacco Use Only |
2,491 |
4.7 |
2.7-7.9 |
23.4 |
19.2-28.3 |
39.7 |
33.3-46.4 |
32.2 |
25.9-39.3 |
| Combustible Tobacco Use Only |
311 |
9.1 |
7.7-10.8 |
25.1 |
23.2-27.1 |
37.3 |
35.2-39.4 |
28.5 |
26.5-30.5 |
| Combustible and Non-Combustible Tobacco Use |
869 |
19.6 |
15.8-23.9 |
28.3 |
24.2-32.8 |
28.0 |
24.2-32.1 |
24.1 |
21.0-27.6 |
|
Lives with a Tobacco User b |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
13,096 |
3.3 |
2.8-3.8 |
18.5 |
17.6-19.4 |
40.4 |
38.9-41.8 |
37.9 |
36.3-39.6 |
| Yes |
9,788 |
6.3 |
5.6-7.2 |
21.5 |
20.2-22.9 |
37.1 |
35.6-38.6 |
35.0 |
33.3-36.7 |
| Overall | 23,346 | 4.7 | 4.3-5.2 | 19.9 | 19.0-20.9 | 38.7 | 37.5-39.9 | 36.7 | 35.3-38.2 |
Abbreviation: CI confidence interval.
Note: Row percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
a A respondent was considered to be a combustible tobacco user if they reported using cigarettes, cigars/cigarillos/little cigars, pipes, roll-your-own-cigarettes, bidis, clove cigarettes, hookahs or water pipes on at least 1 day during the past 30 days. Non-combustible tobacco users were defined as respondents who reported using chewing tobacco/snuff/dip, snus, or dissolvable tobacco products on at least 1 day during the past 30 days.
b A respondent was considered to live with a tobacco user if they reported that anyone who lives with them now smokes cigarettes, uses smokeless tobacco such as chewing tobacco, smokes cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars, or uses any other form of tobacco.