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Teens who do not Smoke
| Value: |
95.3 percent |
Measurement
Period: |
2009 |
| Location: |
County : Marin |
| Comparison: |
CA Counties |
| 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://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/chis/Pages/default.aspx |
| URL of Data: http://ask.chis.ucla.edu/main/default.asp |
| Maintained By: Healthy Communities Institute |
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Time Series Data
percent
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Teens who do not Smoke by Gender
percent
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Teens who do not Smoke by Race/Ethnicity
percent
* Value may be statistically unstable and should be interpreted with caution.
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Teens who do not Smoke
| Value: |
95.3 percent |
Measurement
Period: |
2009 |
| Location: |
County : Marin |
| Comparison: |
Prior Value |
| Categories: |
Health / Substance Abuse
Health / Teen & Adolescent Health
|
|
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 trend is a comparison between the most recent and previous measurement periods. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the trend. |
| Source: California Health Interview Survey |
| URL of Source: http://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/chis/Pages/default.aspx |
| URL of Data: http://ask.chis.ucla.edu/main/default.asp |
| Maintained By: Healthy Communities Institute |
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Time Series Data
percent
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Teens who do not Smoke by Gender
percent
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Teens who do not Smoke by Race/Ethnicity
percent
* Value may be statistically unstable and should be interpreted with caution.
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