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Healthy People 2010 Goal:

  • To reduce the cigarette use (past month) by students in grades 9 through 12 to 16%.

Consequences:

  • Cigarette smoking results in heart disease and several kinds of cancer (lung, larynx, esophagus, pharynx, mouth, and bladder, pancreas, kidney and cervix) and poor pregnancy outcomes in women.

Trends towards Healthy People 2010 Goals:

  • Cigarette smoking and smokeless tobacco use decreased for all grades except 6 th graders.
  • Monthly use of cigarettes for 6th graders increased from 4.8 in 2002 to 5.1% in 2003; whereas, annual use of cigarettes slightly increased from 9.4% to 9.5%.
  • For the first time, lifetime cigarette use among 10th and 12th graders has dropped below the national rates.
  • Comparing 2003 rates with 1996 rates, about 73,800 fewer Indiana children and adolescents smoke cigarettes on a monthly or more frequent basis than previously.
  • About 51,200 fewer Hoosier youth smoke cigarettes daily and about 36,500 fewer smoked a half pack or more per day.
  • If these trends continue, Indiana could achieve the Healthy People 2010 goal of reducing current smoking rates among high school students to less than 16%.

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