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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 Often See Tobacco Ads in Magazines or Newspapers
Measurement Period: 2015
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This indicator shows the percentage of public school students in grades 6-8 who report they always, most of the time, or sometimes see ads or promotions for tobacco products when they read magazines or newspapers.
Why is this important?
More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined. Although tobacco use by adolescents has declined substantially in the last forty years, in 2013, almost one in 10 high school seniors were daily smokers, and almost one in six had smoked at least once in the previous month. A 2012 Surgeon General report notes that marketing and promotion of tobacco products exceed $1 million an hour - over $27 million a day - in the United States alone. Youth are vulnerable to social and environmental influences to use tobacco; messages and images that make tobacco use appealing to them are everywhere. Exposure to ads or promotions for tobacco products can mask the dangers of tobacco use by normalizing the behavior.
State: Hawaii
41.9%
Source:
Youth Tobacco Survey
Measurement period: 2015
Maintained by: Hawaii Department of Health
Last update: May 2018
Measurement period: 2015
Maintained by: Hawaii Department of Health
Last update: May 2018
Compared to
Technical note: Values are not shown where the total unweighted response count is less than 35.
Graph Selections
No significant difference with the overall value
Data Source
- Youth Tobacco Survey
Maintained By: Hawaii Department of Health
Filed under: Health / Adolescent Health, Health / Tobacco Use, Teens