Youth Tobacco Use in the U.S.Key Findings From the 2016 National Youth Tobacco Survey

FEWER YOUTH REPORT USING TOBACCO COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO

3.9 million middle and high school students used tobacco products in the past 30 days

201620154.7 million

HIGH SCHOOL TOBACCO USE DECLINED FROM 2015 TO 2016

*Combustible tobacco products include cigarettes,cigars, hookah, pipe tobacco, and bidis.

-29%

E-cigarette

-26%

2 or more tobacco products

-33%

Hookah

-20%

Any tobacco product

-20%

Any combustible tobacco product*

NO SIGNIFICANT DECLINES IN OVERALL HIGH SCHOOL TOBACCO USE OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS

Cigarette, cigar, smokeless, and pipe tobacco use continue to decline, but sharp increases in e-cigarette and hookah use in previous years have offset the overall progress.

Cigarette

11.3%

8.0%7.7%5.8%4.8%

After years of rapid increases, e-cigarette use dropped for the first time

1.4%

The National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) is the only nationally representative survey of middle and high school students focused exclusively on patterns of tobacco use. Results presented in this infographic are estimates based on 2016 NYTS key findings, first published online in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on June 15, 2017. Since 2012, the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have collaborated to conduct the annual survey.

Source: Jamal A, Gentzke A, Hu SS, et al. Tobacco use among middle and high school students — United States, 2011–2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017;66:597-603.

CTP-100Last Updated August 2017

CENTER FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS www.fda.gov/tobacco @FDATobacco facebook.com/fda

HookahPipe

E-Cigarette

Hookah Pipe

E-Cigarette

SmokelessSmokeless

CigarCigar