Proportion of Adolescents Who Smoked...
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Three out of four teenage smokers end up smoking into adulthood.[1] Youth are more sensitive to nicotine and can become dependent sooner than adults.[1] Nicotine addiction causes about three out of four teenage smokers to end up smoking into adulthood, even if they intend to quit after a few years.[1] The indicator for adolescent tobacco use measures the proportion of adolescents who smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days prior to the survey. Smoking impacts many chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes and asthma.[1] We have met the target for this indicator. However, this dramatic drop might be driven by the popularity of emerging tobacco products, such as electronic cigarettes, among youth in recent years. In 2015-2016, 8.6% of high school students in California have used electronic cigarettes in the past 30 days and 13.5% of high school students have used any type of tobacco products (cigarettes, little cigars or cigarillos, kreteks, big cigars, hookah, smokeless tobacco, electronic cigarettes) in the past 30 days.
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[1] California Department of Public Health, California Tobacco Control Program. State Health Officer’s Report on Tobacco Use and Promotion in California: Sacramento, CA, 2012: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/Documents/EMBARGOED%20State%20Health%20Officers%20Report%20on%20Tobacco.pdf
Source: Proportion of High School Students Who Smoked Cigarettes in the Past 30 Days (LGHC Indicator)
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