Status: Baseline only
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Reduce current use of any tobacco products among adolescents
Baseline: 18.3 percent of students in grades 6 through 12 used cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, hookah, pipe tobacco, and/or bidis in the past 30 days in 2018
Target: 11.3 percent
Target Setting Method
Percentage point improvement
Data Source: National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS), CDC/NCCDPHP
Summary
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. Nearly all tobacco use begins in childhood and adolescence. Population-level interventions to reduce tobacco use include price increases, mass media campaigns, and smoke-free policies.
Topics: Tobacco Use, Adolescents
Workgroup: Tobacco Use Workgroup