Research

MACOMB COUNTY TOBACCO STATISTICS FOR ADULTS
(Source: 2002 Macomb County Behavioral Risk Factor Survey)

This study was designed as a cross-sectional survey of adults and households in the county. A total of 1,005 adult residents of Macomb County were interviewed.

• Women were more likely to be in the current smoker group than males (29.6% vs. 27.2%). This is an increase over the 1999 findings.
Also different from 1999, females were less likely than men to quit if they ever started. (Quit Ratios: 45.6% versus 54.4%), whereas the groups were equally likely to have quit three years ago.

• 2.5% of respondents reported that they use smokeless or chewing tobacco.

• 20.1% claimed to be exposed to secondhand smoke for two or more hours a day.

• 10.4% claimed to be exposed to secondhand smoke for one hour a day.

MACOMB COUNTY TOBACCO STATISTICS FOR ADOLESCENTS
(Source: Macomb County Schools 2003 Alcohol and Other Drugs School Survey Aggregate Summary Report)

• Among Eighth Grade youth, past month use of tobacco declined by 9%, from 22% in 1999 to 13% in 2003.

• Among Tenth Grade youth, past month use of tobacco decreased by 8%, from 36% in 1999 to 28% in 2003.

• Among Twelfth Grade youth, past month use of tobacco declined by 5%, from 46% in 1999 to 41% in 2003.

• The national average for Twelfth Grade youth past month use of tobacco has stayed at 35% since 2003.

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