| Show Tobacco Use Compiled by Monica Wilkinson Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States contributing to more than 400 000 deaths each year and resulting in an annual cost of more than 50 Each year billion in direct medical costs smoking contributes to more deaths than AIDS alcohol drug abuse car crasnes murders suicides and fires combined In 1998 60 million 28 percent age 12 and older Americans were current cigarette smokers 1 million of these were between the ages of 12 and 17 18 percent of youth in this age bracket Reducing tobacco use iskey component of Healthy People 2010 the national action plan for improving the health of all Americans for the first decade of the 21st century This action plan includes 21 national objectives aimed at reducing tobacco use main goal of the plan is 1o reduce by half the current rates of tobacco use among young people and adults Figure 30 Smoking incidence 8-10-12th grade Grade 10 Grade 12 Grade Year 283 20141991 30211996 3629191997 27191998 346 25171999 Source Oniine wvw samhsa gov stalistis staistics Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Online www cdc govitobaccolissue htm Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Online cde qov mmur preview mmwrhtmir4916a1 htm Oniine www drugabuse gov infofaxtobacco tm Table 80 Incidence of Regular Smokers Utah andS 1988-1999 eS Low MedianS High Utah Year 342 243 17147 1988 304 242 16161989 29227 16161990 302 2314141991 305 222 15151992 20222 14141993 29226 15151994 27224 132 132 1995 317 235 159 151996 232 131997 30229 142 141998 395 226 139 139 1999 Parcentageof persons over age 18 who have ever smoked 100 cigarettes and currently smoke regularly Sources Centers for Disease Control online www cdc gov State-specific Prevalence of Current Cigarette and Cigar Smoking Among Adults United States 1998 Online woww cd gov tobacco research data In 1998 24percent of theS population age 18 and over were current cigarette smokers school-based survey showed increases in smoking rates among students from 1991 to 1996 The Youth Risk Behavior Survey found increases in longer trends for current cigarette use among students in grades 9-12 Current smoking rose from 27percent in 1991 to 34percent in 1999 CDC 2000a Overall prevalence of lifetime current and frequent cigarette use defined as smoking 20 or more days of the 30 days preceding the survey in the 1999 survey were 70percent 34percent and 16percent respectively Approximately 80 percent of adult smokers started smoking before the age of 18 Every day nearly000 young people under the age of 18 become regular smokers More thanmillion children living today will die prematurely because ofdecision they will make as adolescents to smoke cigarettes 116 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
