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Teens who do not Smoke
| Value: |
80.9 percent |
Measurement
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2007 |
| Location: |
County : Marin |
| Categories: |
Health / Substance Abuse
Health / Teen & Adolescent Health
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What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the percentage of 12 to 17 year-olds who are not current smokers.
Why this is important: Health behavior patterns formed in adolescence play a crucial role in health throughout life. Those who start smoking young are more likely to have a long-term addiction to nicotine than people who start smoking later in life, putting them at greater risk for smoking-related illness and death. Tobacco is the agent most responsible for avoidable illness and death in America today. Approximately one-third of all tobacco users in this country will die prematurely because of their dependence on tobacco.
Technical note: The distribution is based on data from 44 California counties and county groups. |
| Source: California Health Interview Survey |
| URL of Source: http://www.chis.ucla.edu/ |
| URL of Data: http://www.chis.ucla.edu/ |
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Time Series Data
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