- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Youth electronic cigarette smoking 2013 data summary
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Public Health
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Public Health
- Date of Original:
- 2013
- Subject:
- Electronic cigarettes--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- summaries
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- 2013 data summary for youth electronic cigarette smoking.
- External Identifiers:
- OCLC 1107880973
NZ MMS ID 9918035343002931
Call Number P780 .M1 2013 E4 - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bp780-b-pm1-b2013-be4-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bp780-b-pm1-b2013-be4-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
The Georgia Department of Public Health
Youth Electronic Cigarette Smoking 2013 Data Summary
Students Who Have Tried Smoking E-cigarettes Approximately 8.4% (32,400) of middle school students and 15.7% (72,900) of high school students in Georgia say they have tried smoking electronic cigarettes (ecigarettes), even one or two puffs. About 9.5% (18,600) of male middle school students and 7.3% (13,800) of female middle school students say they have tried smoking e-cigarettes. Male high school students in Georgia (19.0%; 44,300) were more likely than female high school students (12.2%; 28,000) to say they've tried smoking ecigarettes. Use of e-cigarettes increased with grade level (Figure 1). Black middle school students (9.9%; 14,200) were slightly more likely to have tried smoking e-cigarettes than white middle school students (7.0%; 11,800). White high school students (21.8%; 45,400) were significantly more likely to have tried smoking e-cigarettes than black high school students (10.1%; 17,600). Trying e-cigarettes was not different by ethnicity for middle or high school students.
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Youth Electronic Cigarette Smoking, 2013
Students Who Currently Smoke E-cigarettes
About 4.0% (15,200) of middle school students and 8.6% (39,300) of high school students in Georgia currently smoke e-cigarettes (defined as having smoked e-cigarettes during the past 30 days).
About 5.0% (9,700) of male middle school students currently smoke ecigarettes, while 2.9% (5,500) of female middle school students currently smoke e-cigarettes.
Approximately 9.8% (22,600) of male high school students currently smoke e-cigarettes and 7.0% (16,000) of female high school students currently smoke e-cigarettes.
Current e-cigarette smoking did not differ by grade level. Approximately 7.2% (3,400) of Hispanic high school students currently
smoke e-cigarettes, while about 8.6% (35,000) of non-Hispanic high school students smoke e-cigarettes.
Current e-cigarette smoking was higher among white high school students
(10.2%; 21,000) than among black high school students (6.2%; 10,600) (Figure 2).
Data Source: 2013 Georgia Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS)
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