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Legend Colors
Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.
Compared to Distribution
the value is in the best half of communities.
the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.
the value is in the worst quarter of communities.
Compared to Target
meets target; 
does not meet target.
Compared to a Single Value
lower than the comparison value;
higher than the comparison value;
not statistically different from comparison value.
Trend
non-significant change over time; 
significant change over time; 
no change over time.
Compared to Prior Value
higher than the previous measurement period;
lower than the previous measurement period;
no statistically different change from previous measurement period.
Significantly better than the overall value
Significantly worse than the overall value
No significant difference with the overall value
No data on significance available
Young Teens Who Use Tobacco YTS
Measurement Period: 2019
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This indicator shows the percent of public school students in grades 6-8 who used a tobacco product on at least one day in the past 30 days. Products included cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip (2003-2015) and e-cigarettes and hookah were added in 2017-2019.
Why is this important?
Health behavior patterns formed in adolescence play a crucial role in health throughout life. Those who start using tobacco young are more likely to have a long-term addiction to nicotine than people who start later in life, putting them at greater risk for smoking-related illness and death. Tobacco use is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year among adults in the United States. If smoking prevalence among adolescents persists, it is estimated that 5 million persons under the age of 18 will die prematurely from smoking-related diseases.
State: Hawaii
16.4%
Source:
Youth Tobacco Survey
Measurement period: 2019
Maintained by: Hawaii Department of Health
Last update: January 2021
Measurement period: 2019
Maintained by: Hawaii Department of Health
Last update: January 2021
Compared to
Technical note: E-cigarettes and tobacco in hookahs were added to the list of tobacco products in 2017.Values are not shown where the total unweighted response count is less than 50.
Graph Selections
No significant difference with the overall value
Data Source
- Youth Tobacco Survey
Maintained By: Hawaii Department of Health
Filed under: Health / Tobacco Use, Health / Adolescent Health, Health Behaviors, Teens