United States - high school students who smoke cigarettes 2017

This statistic shows the share of American high school students in grades 9 to 12 who stated they are smoking cigarettes, by gender and ethnicity. During the survey, 9.9 percent of female student respondents with a white, Non-Hispanic background stated they were smokers.

Percentage of high school students who smoke cigarettes in 2017, by gender and ethnicity

Characteristic	All races / ethnicities	White (non-Hispanic)	Black (non-Hispanic)	Hispanic
Female	7.8%	9.9%	2.8%	6.6%
Male	9.8%	12.3%	5.7%	7.4%
Total	8.8%	11.1%	4.4%	7%

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Release date

June 2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

September 2016 to December 2017

Number of respondents

14,956 respondents

Special properties

Smoked cigarettes on at least one day during the 30 days before the survey

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

The survey was conducted at all regular public and private schools with students in at least one of grades 9–12 in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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