Table 1 Percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who think breathing smoke from other people’s cigarettes or other tobacco products causes ‘no’, ‘little’, ‘some’, or ‘a lot of’ harm, by selected characteristics - National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2012
Characteristic | Unweighted frequency | No harm | Little harm | Some harm | A lot of harm | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |
Sex | |||||||||
Girl | 11,757 | 3.3 | 2.9-3.7 | 17.7 | 16.7-18.9 | 40.3 | 38.8-41.8 | 38.7 | 37.0-40.5 |
Boy | 11,581 | 6.1 | 5.5-6.8 | 22.1 | 20.9-23.2 | 37.1 | 35.9-38.4 | 34.7 | 33.2-36.3 |
Race/Ethnicity | |||||||||
White, Non-Hispanic | 12,691 | 3.6 | 3.2-4.2 | 20.8 | 19.7-21.9 | 40.9 | 39.3-42.4 | 34.7 | 33.1-36.4 |
Black, Non-Hispanic | 3,112 | 6.0 | 5.2-7.0 | 21.8 | 20.0-23.7 | 33.5 | 31.1-35.9 | 38.7 | 36.1-41.3 |
Hispanic | 5,247 | 6.3 | 5.4-7.4 | 17.6 | 16.2-19.2 | 36.6 | 35.0-38.2 | 39.5 | 37.3-41.8 |
Asian, Non-Hispanic | 1,141 | 2.9 | 2.0-4.2 | 13.5 | 11.1-16.2 | 37.6 | 34.0-41.4 | 46.0 | 42.0-50.0 |
American Indian/Alaska Native, Non-Hispanic | 319 | 10.9 | 6.5-17.6 | 16.9 | 13.0-21.7 | 38.6 | 32.6-45.0 | 33.7 | 28.3-39.5 |
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic | 165 | 2.0 | 0.7-5.8 | 17.3 | 10.0-28.1 | 33.1 | 26.5-40.3 | 47.6 | 38.0-57.4 |
Grade Level | |||||||||
Middle School | 10,943 | 4.4 | 3.9-5.1 | 21.9 | 20.5-23.4 | 37.5 | 35.7-39.4 | 36.2 | 33.9-38.6 |
6th | 3,368 | 4.2 | 3.4-5.2 | 22.2 | 19.9-24.7 | 37.3 | 34.9-39.9 | 36.3 | 33.6-39.1 |
7th | 3,830 | 4.3 | 3.5-5.2 | 22.6 | 20.4-25.0 | 35.8 | 33.7-38.0 | 37.2 | 34.6-39.9 |
8th | 3,745 | 4.8 | 3.9-5.7 | 20.8 | 18.2-23.7 | 39.4 | 36.2-42.7 | 35.1 | 30.7-39.6 |
High School | 12,337 | 4.8 | 4.2-5.5 | 18.4 | 17.3-19.6 | 39.6 | 38.2-41.0 | 37.2 | 35.6-38.8 |
9th | 3,110 | 6.1 | 5.0-7.4 | 19.8 | 18.0-21.8 | 39.1 | 36.8-41.4 | 35.0 | 32.5-37.7 |
10th | 2,966 | 4.7 | 3.8-5.8 | 18.7 | 17.2-20.3 | 40.0 | 37.7-42.3 | 36.6 | 34.2-39.1 |
11th | 3,210 | 4.2 | 3.4-5.1 | 17.7 | 16.1-19.5 | 39.8 | 37.7-42.0 | 38.3 | 35.8-40.8 |
12th | 3,051 | 4.2 | 3.2-5.5 | 17.2 | 15.3-19.3 | 39.4 | 37.0-41.9 | 39.2 | 36.6-41.9 |
Tobacco Use (Past 30 Days) a | |||||||||
No Tobacco Use | 19,173 | 3.3 | 2.9-3.7 | 18.8 | 17.8-19.9 | 39.5 | 38.1-40.8 | 38.4 | 36.8-40.1 |
Non-Combustible Tobacco Use Only | 2,491 | 4.7 | 2.7-7.9 | 23.4 | 19.2-28.3 | 39.7 | 33.3-46.4 | 32.2 | 25.9-39.3 |
Combustible Tobacco Use Only | 311 | 9.1 | 7.7-10.8 | 25.1 | 23.2-27.1 | 37.3 | 35.2-39.4 | 28.5 | 26.5-30.5 |
Combustible and Non-Combustible Tobacco Use | 869 | 19.6 | 15.8-23.9 | 28.3 | 24.2-32.8 | 28.0 | 24.2-32.1 | 24.1 | 21.0-27.6 |
Lives with a Tobacco User b | |||||||||
No | 13,096 | 3.3 | 2.8-3.8 | 18.5 | 17.6-19.4 | 40.4 | 38.9-41.8 | 37.9 | 36.3-39.6 |
Yes | 9,788 | 6.3 | 5.6-7.2 | 21.5 | 20.2-22.9 | 37.1 | 35.6-38.6 | 35.0 | 33.3-36.7 |
Overall | 23,346 | 4.7 | 4.3-5.2 | 19.9 | 19.0-20.9 | 38.7 | 37.5-39.9 | 36.7 | 35.3-38.2 |