ArticlePreventive medicine reports2018
A new measure of youth cigarette smoking.
Article in Preventive medicine reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Dramatic Reductions in Cigarette Smoking Prevalence among High School Youth from 1991 to 2022 Unlikely to Have Been Undermined by E-Cigarettes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Cigarette smoking frequency, quantity, dependence, and quit intentions during adolescence: Comparison of menthol and non-menthol smokers (National Youth Tobacco Survey 2017-2020).Addictive behaviors · 2021Article
- Trends in Nicotine Product Use Among US Adolescents, 1999-2020.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Toward a More Comprehensive Index of Youth Cigarette Smoking: Average Number of Cigarettes Smoked per Day among Students in the United States over Two Decades.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
American students' 30-day smoking prevalence has decreased dramatically over the past two decades. The frequency of smoking within the 30-day measure has shifted from heavy smoking (>1/2 pack/day) toward light smoking (<1 to 5 cigarettes/day). 30-day prevalence thus understates the extent of the decline in youth smoking. To capture this shift toward less frequent smoking among the decreasing proportion of students who smoke, I develop a new index: the average number of cigarettes smoked per student per day (ACSD), using data from Monitoring the Future. To calculate ACSD I assign a specific number of cigarettes to each of 7 response options to the question, "How frequently have you smoked cigarettes during the past 30 days?" Response options range from "not at all" (assigned 0 cigarettes) to "two packs or more per day" (assigned 45 cigarettes). I then multiply these estimates by the proportion of students giving each response option. Summing across the 7 categories produces the ACSD for that survey year. I then compare time trends in 30-day prevalence and ACSD. From the mid-1990s to 2016, 30-day smoking prevalence among 12th graders declined 71.3%, while ACSD dropped 83.9% (
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