title: Tobacco use among high school students--United States, 1990.
abstract: Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death in the United States. Approximately half of smokers start smoking regularly before 18 years of age; however, among recent birth cohorts, age of smoking initiation has declined, especially among females. Data on tobacco use among adolescents help identify high-risk populations, design tobacco-prevention programs for these populations, and evaluate the effectiveness of broad efforts to prevent tobacco use among youth. This report examines the prevalence of self-reported current tobacco use and frequent cigarette smoking among U.S. students in grades 9-12 during 1990.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D015995:Prevalence; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D014030:Tobacco, Smokeless; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology