Table 1.
Characteristics of high school and middle school students, National Youth Tobacco Surveys 2014–19.
| Survey year | High school | Middle school | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019^ | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019^ | |
| Unweighted n | 11 399 | 9433 | 10 897 | 10 186 | 10991 | 10 097 | 10 419 | 8170 | 9658 | 7562 | 9055 | 8837 |
| Weighted n | 15 194 249 | 15 156 493 | 15 123 092 | 15 097441 | 14 988 762 | 15 044 983 | 11902 292 | 11968 188 | 11975 780 | 11887910 | 11 845 323 | 11860123 |
| Sex (%) | ||||||||||||
| Female | 5536(49.7) | 4516 (51.2) | 5383 (49.9) | 5025 (51.5) | 5398 (49.8) | 4766 (52.5) | 5093 (50.8) | 4085 (51.2) | 4680(51.6) | 3770(51) | 4501 (51.4) | 4310 (51.3) |
| Male | 5834(50.3) | 4889 (48.8) | 5479(50.1) | 5105 (48.5) | 5539 (50.2) | 5291 (47.5) | 5289 (49.2) | 4044 (48.8) | 4937 (48.4) | 3752 (49) | 4508 (48.6) | 4471 (48.7) |
| Missing | 29 | 28 | 35 | 56 | 54 | 40 | 37 | 41 | 41 | 40 | 46 | 56 |
| Age, years (%) | ||||||||||||
| 9 | 17 (0.1) | 7(0.1) | 18 (0.2) | 10 (0.1) | 23 (0.2) | 12 (0.1) | 21 (0.1) | 7 (0) | 20 (0.2) | 15 (0.1) | 28 (0.2) | 22 (0.2) |
| 10 | 1 (0) | 3 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (0) | 1 (0) | 4 (0) | 10 (0.1) | 1 (0) | 7 (0.1) | 6 (0.1) | 5 (0) | 15 (0.2) |
| 11 | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | 3 (0) | 2 (0) | 2 (0) | 4 (0) | 1324(12.2) | 926(11.1) | 1291 (12.3) | 1016(13.7) | 1005 (11.6) | 1098 (12) |
| 12 | 1 (0) | 3 (0) | 2 (0) | 3 (0) | 4 (0) | 7 (0.1) | 3076 (30) | 2442 (30.7) | 2961 (30.8) | 2408 (31.6) | 2869 (31.3) | 2768 (30.8) |
| 13 | 8 (0.1) | 4 (0) | 5 (0) | 6 (0) | 10 (0.1) | 7 (0) | 3600 (34.7) | 2826 (33.6) | 3187 (34.4) | 2488 (33.4) | 2998 (32.8) | 3061 (34.5) |
| 14 | 1097(10.2) | 951 (10.2) | 1126 (11.3) | 1006 (10.8) | 1012 (9.6) | 1068 (10.3) | 2117(20.4) | 1781 (22.3) | 1947 (19.8) | 1470(19.5) | 1913 (21.7) | 1734(21) |
| 15 | 2699 (24.9) | 2376 (25.4) | 2 577(24.8) | 2573 (26.7) | 2682 (25.4) | 2471 (24.5) | 226 (2.1) | 156 (2.1) | 201 (2.2) | 122 (1.4) | 190 (2.1) | 115 (1.2) |
| 16 | 2876(25) | 2421 (24.5) | 2851 (25.9) | 2569(25.1) | 2769 (25.4) | 2510(25.5) | 13 (0.2) | 13 (0.1) | 12 (0.2) | 13 (0.1) | 13 (0.1) | 3 (0) |
| 17 | 2837(24.1) | 2298 (24.5) | 2675 (23.5) | 2514(23.4) | 2710(23.4) | 2 523 (24.4) | 5 (0) | 1 (0) | 3 (0) | 5 (0.1) | 6 (0) | 1 (0) |
| 18 | 1675 (14.3) | 1245 (14) | 1484 (13.2) | 1359 (12.9) | 1624(14.5) | 1371 (14) | 3 (0.1) | 3 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0) | 1 (0) |
| 19+ | 170 (1.3) | 118(1.2) | 147(1.2) | 129 (0.9) | 146 (1.4) | 112 (1.1) | 4 (0) | 6 (0) | 9 (0.1) | 6 (0) | 9 (0.1) | 6 (0) |
| Missing | 18 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 13 |
| Grade (%) | ||||||||||||
| 6th | 3357(31.6) | 2552 (33.2) | 3235 (33.1) | 2 524 (33.1) | 2903 (33.2) | 2944 (33.2) | ||||||
| 7th | 3541 (34.2) | 2845 (33.1) | 3249 (33.5) | 2565 (33.5) | 3140(33.4) | 3024 (33.3) | ||||||
| 8th | 3521 (34.1) | 2773 (33.7) | 3174 (33.4) | 2473 (33.5) | 3012 (33.4) | 2869 (33.5) | ||||||
| 9th | 2885 (27.2) | 2512 (27.3) | 2741 (27.4) | 2583 (27.2) | 2935 (27.3) | 2790 (27.4) | ||||||
| 10th | 2933 (25.5) | 2 509 (25.7) | 2809(25.7) | 2637(25.8) | 2664(25.7) | 2499(25.7) | ||||||
| 11th | 2817(24) | 2282 (23.9) | 2674(23.9) | 2575 (23.9) | 2824(23.9) | 2 502 (23.9) | ||||||
| 12th | 2764(23.3) | 2130 (23.1) | 2673 (23) | 2391 (23.1) | 2568 (23.2) | 2306 (23.1) | ||||||
| Race/Hispanic origin (%) | ||||||||||||
| NH-white | 5407(59) | 4695 (57.9) | 4805 (56.8) | 4755 (58.2) | 5647(57.6) | 5129 (57.3) | 4473 (57.6) | 3775 (55.6) | 4162 (55.3) | 3498(55.6) | 4119 (54.4) | 4200(55) |
| NH-black | 1899 (16) | 1357(14.1) | 1828 (13.2) | 1816 (12.7) | 1365 (12.3) | 12 56 (13.2) | 1520 (14.4) | 1180 (14.4) | 1395 (12.9) | 1290 (13.5) | 1176(13.7) | 1166 (13.4) |
| Hispanic | 2975 (20.6) | 2654 (23.1) | 3100(24.6) | 2653 (23.5) | 3016 (23.6) | 2897 (24) | 3069 (23.5) | 2157(24.4) | 2665 (26.5) | 1931 (25.2) | 2712 (26.3) | 2639 (26.1) |
| NH-Asian | 590 (3.6) | 272 (3.2) | 603 (4.3) | 510 (4.6) | 458 (5.3) | 560 (4.3) | 380(3.5) | 400 (3.9) | 481 (3.8) | 242 (4.2) | 293 (4.1) | 334 (4) |
| NH-AI/AN | 100(0.5) | 97(0.6) | 130 (0.6) | 82 (0.6) | 116 (0.6) | 87(0.6) | 237 (0.8) | 136 (1.1) | 290 (0.8) | 151 (0.9) | 187 (0.9) | 136 (0.8) |
| NH-NHOPI | 51 (0.3) | 60 (1) | 83 (0.5) | 51 (0.4) | 56 (0.6) | 53 (0.6) | 34 (0.3) | 56 (0.5) | 75 (0.7) | 45 (0.6) | 44 (0.6) | 50 (0.8) |
| Missing | 377 | 298 | 348 | 319 | 333 | 115 | 706 | 466 | 590 | 405 | 524 | 312 |
| Smoking status (%) | ||||||||||||
| Never smoker | 7604(70.1) | 6443 (70.3) | 7865 (73.2) | 7641 (77.6) | 8056 (76.9) | 7919 (77.5) | 9028 (89.5) | 7201 (90.1) | 8461 (90.4) | 6749 (92.4) | 8146 (92.9) | 8081 (91.7) |
| Current smok | er 1104(9.3) | 873 (9.3) | 772 (8.1) | 761 (7.6) | 912 (8.2) | 549 (5.8) | 273 (2.5) | 194 (2.3) | 193 (2.2) | 194 (2.1) | 169 (1.8) | 190(2.3) |
| Former smoke | T 2379 (20.6) | 1860 (20.3) | 1949 (18.7) | 1506 (14.8) | 1702 (14.9) | 1609 (16.7) | 818 (8) | 589 (7.6) | 714(7.4) | 437(5.4) | 508 (5.4) | 544 (6) |
| Missing | 312 | 257 | 311 | 278 | 321 | 20 | 300 | 186 | 290 | 182 | 232 | 22 |
| Past 30-day e-cigarette use (%) | ||||||||||||
| No | −9724 (86.6) | 7843 (84) | 9603 (88.7) | 8949 (88.3) | 8539 (79.2) | 7333 (72.5) | 9752 (96.1) | 7575 (94.7) | 9078 (95.7) | 7187(96.7) | 8436(95.1) | 7894(89.5) |
| Yes | 1505 (13.4) | 1469 (16) | 1109(11.3) | 1066(11.7) | 2227(20.8) | 2709 (27.5) | 487 (3.9) | 471 (5.3) | 392 (4.3) | 272 (3.3) | 454 (4.9) | 902 (10.5) |
| Missing | 170 | 121 | 185 | 171 | 225 | 55 | 180 | 124 | 188 | 103 | 165 | 41 |
| Combustible tobacco use status (%) | ||||||||||||
| Never | 6439(58) 5456(58.5) | 6887(63.5) | 6804 (67.8) | 7177(66.9) | 6930 (67.9) | 8748 (84.8) | 7020 (86.4) | 8275 (86.3) | 6636 (89.6) | 7992 (89.2) | 7667 (87) | |
| Current | 2161 (18.1) | 1682 (17.2) | 1503 (13.8) | 1369 (12.9) | 1588 (13.9) | 1167(12) | 576 (5.1) | 367(4) | 413 (4.3) | 318 (3.3) | 318 (3.3) | 403 (4.8) |
| Former | 2776 (24) | 2274 (24.3) | 2480(22.7) | 1990(19.3) | 2197 (19.2) | 1993 (20.1) | 1076 (10.1) | 765 (9.6) | 959 (9.4) | 603 (7.1) | 726 (7.6) | 761 (8.2) |
| Missing | 23 | 21 | 27 | 23 | 29 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 6 |
Numbers in cells represent number of respondents in each survey sample. Percentages in parentheses (%) represent weighted estimates which may not sum to 100% due to rounding. Missing observations are excluded from weighted percentage estimates reported in parentheses. NH = non-Hispanic; AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native; NHOPI = Native Hawaiian or Other PacificIslander.
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Data from 2019 are not directly comparable with estimates in previous years due to changes in the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) format from paper to electronic. Combustible tobacco includes cigarettes (including roll-your-own), cigars (cigars, cigarillos, little cigars), pipe tobacco, hookah or bidis. Never combustible users report never using combustible tobacco products, not even ‘one or two puffs’. Former combustible users report ever using combustible tobacco products, even ‘one or two puffs’, but no use in the past 30 days. Current combustible users report using any combustible tobacco product in the past 30 days.