Virginia Youth Tobacco Survey
• 2007
Virginia Youth Tobacco Survey Report (pdf)
• 2007
Virginia Youth Tobacco Survey Data Tables (pdf)
Governor Announces 10-Year Drop
in Youth Smoking
Press Conference Video
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| Since 2001, The Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation (VTSF)
has commissioned the biennial Virginia Youth Tobacco Survey
(YTS) of middle school and high school students. Public school
students in grades 6 through 12 were questioned about topics
including: tobacco use; availability of tobacco products;
secondhand smoke exposure; tobacco prevention education; tobacco
advertisements; and media depictions of tobacco use.
The latest survey was conducted during the 2007-08 school
year by Virginia Commonwealth University's Survey and Evaluation
Research Laboratory (SERL) and Community Health Research
Initiative (CHRI). More than 2,600 students were surveyed
in schools across the Commonwealth.
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Calculated margin of error: +/- 1% to +/-
5%
* Being a current smoker is defined as smoking on one or more
days in the past month. |
