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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Eliminate cigarette smoking initiation in adolescents and young adults — TU‑10 Data

Most Recent Data:
3.5 percent (2019)

Target:
0.0 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
4.0 percent of adolescents and young adults aged 12 to 25 years who had not previously smoked cigarettes in their lifetime first smoked cigarettes in the past 12 months in 2018

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Adolescents and young adults initiating cigarette smoking in past 12 months, 2018-2019 ◊
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2018 2019
Total
4.0
CI 3.7 / 4.4
SE 0.185
3.5
CI 3.2 / 3.8
SE 0.162