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Cigarette Use Among American Indian/Alaska Native Youths

Highlights:

• American Indian/Alaska Native youths aged 12 to 17 were more likely than youths from other racial/ethnic groups to smoke cigarettes during the past month.



• American Indian/Alaska Native youths were less likely than youths from other racial/ethnic groups to believe that their parents would strongly disapprove of their smoking one or more packs of cigarettes per day.



• American Indian/Alaska Native youths ere also less likely than youths from other racial/ethnic groups to strongly or somewhat disapprove of their peers' smoking one or more packs of cigarettes per day.

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This Short Report, The NHSDA Report: Cigarette Use Among American Indian/Alaska Native Youths, is based on SAMHSA's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). SAMHSA's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older. The NHSDA also provides estimates for drug use by state.

SAMHSA's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   The NHSDA also provides estimates for drug use by state. [Click to order NHSDA] 

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