DOH Says ‘Dramatic Improvement’ in Reducing Teen Smoking

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That comes from a new survey conducted by the Hawaii Department of Health.

Highlights from a press release:

• Results released from the 2011 Hawai‘i School Health Survey’s Youth Tobacco Survey (HYTS) show current smoking (in the past 30 days) among high school students has decreased by 64 percent from 24.5 percent in 2000 to 8.7 percent in 2011, and frequent smoking (on 20 or more of the past 30 days) has reduced over 70 percent from 10.3 percent in 2000 to 2.9 percent in 2011.

• Among middle school students, current smoking declined from 5.3 percent in 2003 to 3.6 percent in 2011, and only 0.7 percent reported frequent smoking in 2011.

 • Hawaii teens smoke at lower rates when compared to teens nationally (at 17.2 percent for high school students and 5.2 percent of middle school students according to the National Youth Tobacco Survey 2009).

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