Table 1. Percentage of US Middle and High School Students Who Perceived it Would Be Easy to Get Tobacco Products From a Store, National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2011–2020a .
| Characteristic | 2011 (n = 18,866) | 2012 (n = 24,658) | 2013 (n = 18,406) | 2014 (n = 22,007) | 2016 (n = 20,675) | 2017 (n = 17,872) | 2018 (n = 20,189) | 2019 (n = 19,018) | 2020 (n = 14,531) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 62.5 (61.5–63.5) | 66.5 (65.7–67.2) | 61.2 (60.3–62.1) | 64.7 (63.9–65.6) | 64.6 (63.7–65.4) | 66.1 (65.2–67.1) | 69.8 (69.0–70.6) | 67.2 (66.4–68.0) | 58.9 (57.9–59.9) |
| Race and ethnicity | |||||||||
| Black, non-Hispanic | 57.5 (55.2–59.7) | 62.8 (60.5–65.0) | 56.6 (54.3–58.9) | 63.4 (61.4–65.5) | 59.3 (57.1–61.5) | 62.6 (60.1–65.1) | 64.7 (62.2–67.1) | 67.2 (64.8–69.6) | 57.4 (54.4–60.5) |
| Hispanic | 62.7 (60.9–64.5) | 65.7 (64.1–67.3) | 62.0 (60.2–63.7) | 62.9 (61.3–64.5) | 64.6 (63.0–66.2) | 67.0 (65.2–68.7) | 67.8 (66.3–69.3) | 67.1 (65.6–68.6) | 59.9 (58.0–61.8) |
| Other, non-Hispanicb | 60.3 (57.2–63.4) | 67.4 (65.3–69.6) | 59.0 (56.4–61.6) | 66.5 (63.8–69.2) | 64.7 (62.2–67.1) | 67.2 (64.3–70.1) | 71.5 (69.0–74.0) | 68.5 (66.1–70.9) | 59.4 (56.5–62.2) |
| White, non-Hispanic | 64.6 (63.1–66.1) | 68.1 (67.1–69.2) | 63.7 (62.4–65.0) | 66.2 (65.0–67.5) | 66.9 (65.6–68.1) | 67.4 (66.0–68.8) | 72.6 (71.4–73.8) | 67.5 (66.3–68.7) | 58.9 (57.4–60.3) |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 63.8 (62.4–65.2) | 64.8 (63.7–65.9) | 63.0 (61.7–64.2) | 62.0 (60.8–63.2) | 62.1 (60.9–63.3) | 64.1 (62.8–65.5) | 66.8 (65.6–68.0) | 64.1 (62.9–65.3) | 56.5 (55.0–57.9) |
| Female | 61.2 (59.7–62.6) | 68.3 (67.2–69.3) | 59.4 (58.1–60.7) | 67.4 (66.2–68.6) | 67.1 (65.9–68.3) | 68.2 (66.9–69.5) | 72.8 (71.7–74.0) | 70.7 (69.5–71.8) | 61.4 (60.0–62.8) |
| School level | |||||||||
| Middle (grades 6–8) | 41.9 (40.2–43.5) | 48.2 (46.9–49.4) | 40.6 (39.2–42.0) | 44.8 (43.4–46.2) | 46.7 (45.3–48.1) | 48.1 (46.6–49.6) | 54.8 (53.5–56.2) | 55.3 (54.0–56.6) | 46.4 (44.9–47.8) |
| High (grades 9–12) | 77.6 (76.5–78.6) | 80.5 (79.7–81.3) | 76.7 (75.7–77.8) | 80.1 (79.2–81.0) | 78.6 (77.7–79.6) | 79.9 (78.9–80.9) | 81.4 (80.5–82.3) | 76.6 (75.6–77.6) | 68.7 (67.4–70.0) |
| Attempted cigarette purchase in past 30 days | |||||||||
| No | 60.1 (59.0–61.2) | 65.7 (64.9–66.5) | 59.1 (58.2–60.1) | 64.1 (63.1–65.0) | 64.6 (63.7–65.6) | 66.1 (65.1–67.1) | 70.1 (69.2–71.0) | 67.3 (66.4–68.1) | 58.8 (57.7–59.8) |
| Yes | 83.8 (81.7–85.9) | 75.7 (73.3–78.0) | 83.8 (81.5–86.1) | 69.9 (67.8–72.0) | 65.0 (62.8–67.3) | 67.4 (64.8–69.9) | 68.2 (66.1–70.3) | 66.4 (61.5–71.2) | 59.6 (56.4–62.8) |
| Age, y | |||||||||
| 9–12 | 32.3 (29.6–35.0) | 36.7 (34.9–38.4) | 30.3 (28.3–32.3) | 34.1 (32.1–36.0) | 38.9 (36.8–40.9) | 37.6 (35.4–39.8) | 44.5 (42.5–46.6) | 48.5 (46.6–50.4) | 39.7 (37.6–41.8) |
| 13–15 | 58.3 (56.8–59.8) | 65.4 (64.3–66.6) | 57.2 (55.8–58.6) | 62.4 (61.1–63.8) | 62.1 (60.8–63.4) | 66.2 (64.8–67.6) | 69.3 (68.1–70.5) | 66.8 (65.5–68.0) | 58.7 (57.2–60.3) |
| 16–18 | 81.9 (80.8–83.1) | 83.4 (82.5–84.4) | 81.4 (80.3–82.6) | 82.9 (81.8–84.0) | 81.4 (80.2–82.5) | 81.8 (80.6–83.0) | 83.6 (82.5–84.7) | 77.8 (76.5–79.0) | 70.9 (69.2–72.5) |
| ≥19 | 73.2 (64.2–82.2) | 78.2 (70.6–85.7) | 82.5 (76.0–89.0) | 79.6 (72.1–87.1) | 83.3 (76.8–89.8) | 83.2 (75.4–91.1) | 79.0 (70.1–87.9) | 70.2 (60.4–80.1) | 68.5 (54.8–82.2) |
a
In the 2015 cycle of the survey, the question on perceived ease of buying tobacco from a store was not assessed. Data are shown as % (95% CI).
b
Other races and ethnicities included in the survey were non-Hispanic American Indians/Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians/other Pacific Islanders, and multiracial persons.