Youth Tobacco Survey

Survey

The Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS) was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide states with the data needed to design, implement, and evaluate comprehensive tobacco control programs that work to prevent young people from beginning tobacco use and help those who have already started using tobacco to quit.

Purpose

These data provide information on many key tobacco-related intermediate and long-term indicators, allowing states to measure progress toward state and national goals and objectives. For example, YTS data increase our understanding of the influence of pro-tobacco marketing, advertising, and products on young people and, conversely, of the effects of anti-tobacco campaigns working to counter them. Further, due to its methodology a state can directly compare its YTS data both to those collected in another state as well as national data.

Methods

The YTS collects data from young people in grades 6 through 12. Both public and private schools are eligible for inclusion (although private schools have not been included in recent YTS administrations). Schools are randomly selected with probability proportional to enrollment size, then classrooms are chosen at random within the selected schools, and all students in these selected classes are eligible to participate. Only one class period is required to administer the survey. The self-administered questionnaire is anonymous. States administer a core survey and have the option of adding questions to the survey.

Reports & Fact Sheets

The National YTS — http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/surveys/YTS/index.htm — was administered in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006.

The Youth Tobacco Survey was conducted in Mississippi in Spring 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2000,  Fall 2002, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Fall 2006, Spring 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, and Fall 2011.

The Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey, 1998-2011 (PDF, 3.6 MB)

The Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey, 1998-2010 (PDF,  595 KB)

The Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey, 1998-2009 (PDF 3.5 MB)

Current Smoking Status for MS Youth in Public Middle and High Schools

Current Smoking Status for MS Public Middle School Students (1998-2011)  (PDF, 1.2 MB)

Current Smoking Status for MS Public High School Students (1998-2011)  (PDF, 933 KB)

Results from the Youth Tobacco Survey demonstrate substantial decreases in the prevalence of ever smoking and current smoking among middle school and high school students, as well as decreases in frequent smoking among high school students.