• It also shows that social-emotional learning reduces problem behaviors and emotional distress that interfere with the learning and development of some students. (secondstep.org)
  • There are direct implications of this for how we present social-emotional and character development (SECD) programs, as well as programs to prevent problem behaviors. (edutopia.org)
  • The goal of PBIS is to create a positive school culture in which pro-social behaviors are explicitly taught and reinforced, and all adults respond to the occurrence of problem behaviors in a consistent manner. (pgcps.org)
  • CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The West Virginia Board of Education today released the results of West Virginia s 2003 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s Youth Behavior Survey (YRBS). (wv.us)
  • School-based tobacco prevention programs are essential to a comprehensive youth tobacco prevention initiative and we are seeing positive results of these efforts in education and the community with youth, said Stewart. (wv.us)
  • The YRBS is one component of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (wv.us)
  • For more information about the WV YRBS, contact Dean Lee, Coordinator of Tobacco Prevention in Education, at (304) 558-8830, or [email protected]. (wv.us)
  • The GYTS surveillance system is intended to enhance the capacity of countries to design, implement, and evaluate tobacco control and prevention programs. (who.int)
  • Since 2001, as part of the state-mandated evaluation of its tobacco use prevention program, WestEd has conducted the biennial California Student Tobacco Survey (CSTS) among California students, grades 6-12. (wested.org)
  • The CSTS is one component of the In-School Survey and Evaluation of Tobacco Use Prevention Education Programs in California schools. (wested.org)
  • Education Against Tobacco (EAT) is a multinational network of medical students who volunteer for school-based prevention in the classroom setting, amongst other activities. (jmir.org)
  • The DeKalb County Board of Health releases two health data sets: 2011 Communities Putting Prevention to Work, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System report and the 2010 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. (dekalbhealth.net)
  • I'm proud of our tobacco prevention and control work. (wa.gov)
  • Students at Bureau of Indian Affairs schools smoke cigarettes, use marijuana and drink at significantly higher rates than their public school counterparts, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report. (indianz.com)
  • The same teens were asked about alcohol and tobacco use in the state's Student Health and Risk Prevention survey, which is conducted in Utah public schools in the spring of odd-numbered years. (sltrib.com)
  • Rates of binge drinking were 37% lower among eighth-grade students in communities in seven states that used a prevention system designed to reduce drug use and delinquent behavior compared with teenagers in communities that did not use the system, according to a new University of Washington paper published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine . (socialworktoday.com)
  • Earlier this week, I proposed legislation that would provide funding for a statewide public health campaign aimed at the prevention of tobacco and electronic cigarette use. (wisconsin.gov)
  • Results of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), show that the prevalence of cigarette smoking by high school students in the United States has been declining since 1997. (aafp.org)
  • According to the report, factors that may be contributing to this decline in teenaged smoking include a 70 percent increase in the retail price of cigarettes between December 1997 and May 2001, increases in school-based efforts to prevent tobacco use, and increases in youth exposure to state and national mass media smoking prevention campaigns. (aafp.org)
  • June 5 -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) invites the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on National Youth Tobacco Surveys (NYTS), which aims to collect data on tobacco use among middle- and high school students. (aeaweb.org)
  • Since 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has periodically collected information about tobacco use among adolescents (National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011-2023 (OMB Control No. 0920-0621, Exp. (aeaweb.org)
  • During the 2024-2026 timeframe, changes will be incorporated that reflect CDC's ongoing collaboration with FDA and the need to measure progress toward meeting strategic goals established by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. (aeaweb.org)
  • This cross disciplinary substance use disorder education minor provides the student with the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to assist communities in designing evidenced-based prevention/education programs to encourage healthy attitudes and behaviors toward alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. (jmu.edu)
  • Course work in this minor will help prepare the student for the Certified Prevention Professionals-ATOD exam, which they can take after one year of prevention-related paid work experience and additional prevention-specific training. (jmu.edu)
  • In this first pilot study, we aimed to use mobile phone technology in accordance with the theory of planned behavior to improve school-based tobacco prevention. (jmir.org)
  • We have presented a novel method to integrate photoaging in school-based tobacco prevention that affects student peer groups and considers the predictors of smoking in accordance with the theory of planned behavior. (jmir.org)
  • Grant activities are based on best and promising practices to create comprehensive school- and community-based awareness and prevention programs in order to positively impact Central Louisiana students, educators and staff. (tobaccofreeliving.org)
  • Some of these programs focus on tobacco abuse prevention and substance abuse. (mnhealthcare.org)
  • The Life Skills Training Program (LST), currently included in the seventh-grade health curriculum and offered to 4th, 5th, 6th-grade students in selected elementary schools, is a research-based, Center for Disease Control (CDC) approved prevention program. (pgcps.org)
  • This unique approach to changing behaviors in schools emphasizes prevention and capacity building at the school level with a focus on concrete activities and strategies to support safe, non-violent environments that optimize the potential for learning. (pgcps.org)
  • The international society spearheaded by the Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI), WHO, and the Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has been developing international programs and initiatives to combat this man-made plaque, which is devastating the lives of millions of people worldwide. (who.int)
  • To meet the educational needs of students, most schools in the United States (U.S.) reopened for in-person instruction during the 2021-2022 school year implementing a wide range of COVID-19 prevention strategies (e.g., mask requirements). (cdc.gov)
  • Prevalence of prevention strategies ranged from 9.3% (offered COVID-19 screening testing to students and staff) to 95.1% (had a school-based system to report COVID-19 outcomes). (cdc.gov)
  • GYTS forms an important part of the global tobacco surveillance system. (who.int)
  • The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System is the world's largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984. (dekalbhealth.net)
  • The DeKalb County Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System provides information about health risk behaviors, health conditions, and the use of health care services of adults age 18 years and over in DeKalb County, Georgia. (dekalbhealth.net)
  • Fargo Cass Public Health says the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System found 1 in 3 North Dakota teens have vaped. (valleynewslive.com)
  • The YRBS is part of the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, which is a school-based survey that collects information from students in grades nine through 12 nationwide. (aafp.org)
  • Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) (Brener, Kann, Shanklin et al. (cdc.gov)
  • In this report, nutrition education refers to a broad range of activities that promote healthy eating behaviors. (cdc.gov)
  • To reduce the risk of progression to oral cancer, smokeless tobacco use should be minimized, with cessation encouraged. (medscape.com)
  • ¾ To better understand and asses students' attitudes, knowledge and behaviors related to tobacco use and its health impact, including: cessation, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), media and advertising, minors access and school curriculum. (who.int)
  • ¾ The establishment of programs of education and public information on tobacco and health issues, including smoking cessation programs, with active involvement of the health professionals and the media. (who.int)
  • We recommend to commence smoking cessation strategies in university health students. (scirp.org)
  • Lenz, B.K. (2008) Beliefs, knowledge, and self-efficacy of nursing students regarding tobacco cessation. (scirp.org)
  • Information collected through the NYTS is used to identify trends over time, to inform the development of tobacco cessation programs for youth, and to evaluate the effectiveness of existing interventions and programs. (aeaweb.org)
  • Columbia students can meet with a tobacco cessation specialist, who will provide individual support and help students understand the process of quitting along with developing a personal plan to stop using tobacco. (columbia.edu)
  • The Suriname GYTS includes data on prevalence of cigarette and other tobacco use as well as information on five determinants of tobacco use: access/availability and price, exposure to second hand smoking (SHS), cessation, media and advertising, and school curriculum. (who.int)
  • According to data from the National Youth Tobacco Surveys (2011-2014), e-cigarettes are now the most commonly used tobacco product among adolescents in the United States. (medscape.com)
  • School health programs can help children and adolescents attain full educational potential and good health by providing them with the skills, social support, and environmental reinforcement they need to adopt long-term, healthy eating behaviors. (cdc.gov)
  • 6 Similar findings were observed among European university students 7 Other research has also highlighted that the perception of social acceptability of smoking has a strong influence on whether adolescents smoke, more so, in this study, than their friends' smoking habits. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • However, results from a growing number of studies suggest that greater health impact might be achieved by also enhancing protective factors that help children and adolescents avoid multiple behaviors that place them at risk for adverse health and educational outcomes. (stopalcoholabuse.gov)
  • School-based programs target conditions and behaviors affecting children, adolescents, and adults. (mnhealthcare.org)
  • Most people begin using tobacco in their teens, and recent trends indicate rising smoking prevalence rates among children and adolescents and earlier age of initiation. (who.int)
  • Effective July 1, 2017, Cal Maritime is a completely tobacco and vaping-free campus! (csum.edu)
  • In the first quarter of 2017 alone, tobacco companies and trade associations spent more than $4.7 million on federal lobbying, including $2.3 million by Altria, $1.3 million by Philip Morris International and $589,848 by Reynolds American. (prnewswire.com)
  • Introduction: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a tobacco control course in the reduction of prevalence and the improvement of knowledge and attitudes among university health students. (scirp.org)
  • The After-School Program Survey (ASPS) measures supports for positive behavior and achievement in after-school programs, as well as the characteristics of participants and their experiences in and attitudes toward after-school programs. (wested.org)
  • When you enter the halls of Cabarrus College, you quickly discover that faculty, staff, and students demonstrate caring attitudes, teamwork, commitment, and integrity in all that they do. (cabarruscollege.edu)
  • These misperceptions were found across all student backgrounds and school contexts and were independent predictors of personal attitudes and use of tobacco. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • This is why it's so important to understand the factors that contribute to tobacco initiation and continuation among young people. (utexas.edu)
  • 4 In a Hong Kong study, overestimation of smoking was shown to be predictive of smoking initiation, with those overestimating smoking prevalence among peers more likely to have smoked at the two-year follow-up of the student cohort. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • FDA conducts several public education campaigns aimed at young audiences to prevent youth from tobacco initiation and use . (fda.gov)
  • Research has shown that young people who feel connected to their school are less likely to engage in many risk behaviors, including early sexual initiation, alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, and violence and gang involvement. (stopalcoholabuse.gov)
  • These items are highly visible in the public school setting, and their ownership is strongly associated with initiation and maintenance of smoking behavior. (nih.gov)
  • This report summarizes results from the national survey, 39 state surveys, and 22 local surveys conducted among students in grades 9-12 in 2007. (dekalbhealth.net)
  • At present, the NYTS is the most comprehensive source of nationally representative tobacco data among students in grades 9-12, moreover, the NYTS is the only source of such data for students in grades 6-8. (aeaweb.org)
  • Approximately one in three students who ever used alcohol or other drugs reported using these substances more during the pandemic. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition, parental behaviors related to pandemic stressors might have influenced youth substance use. (cdc.gov)
  • Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional Survey was not able to be administered to Maryland students during the 2020-2021 academic year. (carolinehd.org)
  • Instead, the Maryland Department of Health administered an online survey to assess youth risk behaviors during the pandemic. (carolinehd.org)
  • Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, data were collected online to allow participation of eligible students in remote learning settings. (cdc.gov)
  • The 2021 NYTS was fully conducted amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, during which time eligible students could participate in the survey in classrooms, at home, or at some other place. (cdc.gov)
  • Creating an emotionally safe environment for reopening schools is especially urgent as many students, and the adults who care for them, are experiencing increased mental health concerns or are exposed to trauma as a result of the nation's double pandemic of COVID-19 and the confrontation of systemic racism. (uconn.edu)
  • Identify differences in the frequency and amount of Motivos para el consumo tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use during and after COVID-19 pandemic confinement, the influence of confinement on de tabaco, alcohol y motives, and risks for developing problematic use. (bvsalud.org)
  • For the grant, Loukas and Pasch will examine tobacco use trends in students at four-year universities and two-year vocational programs in Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Dallas, with a focus on trends in the use of non-cigarette alternatives such as e-cigarettes, hookah and dissolvable tobacco. (utexas.edu)
  • Engage in safe and professional behaviors on campus, online, and at clinical and fieldwork sites. (cabarruscollege.edu)
  • The findings indicate that a substantial number of these students engage in behaviors that put them at risk for premature death and disability and underscore the need for expanded health education and counseling programs and policies in [American Indian] communities and BIA-funded schools," the researchers wrote in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a publication of the CDC. (indianz.com)
  • Students may engage with Alice! (columbia.edu)
  • Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in Canada and globally (1), despite dramatic declines in tobacco use rates among Canadian adults and youths during the past 3 decades (2). (cdc.gov)
  • This system was designed to focus the nation on behaviors among youth related to the leading causes of mortality and morbidity among both youth and adults and assess how these risk behaviors change over time. (wv.us)
  • Health behavior and health education professors Alexandra Loukas and Keryn Pasch are part of the newly created Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science on Youth and Young Adults. (utexas.edu)
  • The research by Loukas and Pasch will strengthen the existing evidence base by offering much needed data on young adults' tobacco use. (utexas.edu)
  • In a 2006 Australian study, perceived prevalence of smoking was assessed by asking participants how many out of 100 a) classmates in their year level, b) high school students, and c) adults, they thought smoked cigarettes at least once a week. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • The study found that, on average, students thought about 30% of students their age smoked at least once a week (an overestimate), with those exposed to cigarette advertising or display as part of the experimental study estimating a higher proportion of smoking among both high school students and adults, compared to those not exposed. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • It's good to celebrate that fewer teens are using alcohol and tobacco, but it's clear many teens need more support from the adults in their lives and from friends to make healthy choices and cope with challenges. (wa.gov)
  • School connectedness-the belief held by students that adults and peers in the school care about their learning as well as about them as individuals-is an important protective factor. (stopalcoholabuse.gov)
  • Adolescence is a period of significant neuro-anatomical and functional change associated with behavior that is more anxious, impulsive and insecure than that of adults (1-2) . (bvsalud.org)
  • Schools play a critical role in fostering emotional safety for adults and students. (uconn.edu)
  • Inviting individual students and adults to evaluate their own behavior and measure their performance compared to a personal goal can lead to increased school achievement for students and reductions in alcohol and tobacco use for adults. (uconn.edu)
  • The prevalence of substance use was typically higher among non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native students, older students, and gay, lesbian, or bisexual students than among students of other racial or ethnic groups, younger students, and heterosexual students. (cdc.gov)
  • 1 ). However, little is known about adolescent substance use samples of U.S. high school students in all grades. (cdc.gov)
  • This survey combined subsets of questions from various other surveys and asked about physical health, safety, substance use, mental health, food insecurity, sexual behaviors, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and positive childhood experiences (PCEs). (carolinehd.org)
  • Since 1989, WestEd has conducted the state-mandated, biennial California Student Survey of substance use, violence, and other risky behaviors among a representative statewide sample of students in grades 7, 9, and 11. (wested.org)
  • The survey also asks questions about students' mental and physical health, substance abuse and anti-social behaviors. (sltrib.com)
  • The aim of this study was to describe the relationship between playing sports and substance use in high school, students. (bvsalud.org)
  • Thus, substantial efforts are made to prevent substance use among students in this age group (8) . (bvsalud.org)
  • A press release from The Rapides Foundation states, "The Healthy Behaviors School District Partnership Grant seeks to prevent and reduce tobacco use, substance and alcohol abuse, and overweight/obesity by focusing on changing policy, social norms and environments. (tobaccofreeliving.org)
  • Mentees who received enhanced mentoring demonstrated improved positive self-cognitions, and reduced internalizing behavior problems, intentions to use substances, and substance use, compared with youth who received BAU mentoring. (bvsalud.org)
  • The YRBS was administered to 1,748 students in 31 public high schools in West Virginia during the spring of 2003. (wv.us)
  • NYC) Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) have not undergone cognitive testing. (cdc.gov)
  • YRBSS, the New York City Youth Risk Behavior Survey (NYC YRBS) is conducted by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) in collaboration with the New York City Department of Education (DOE). (cdc.gov)
  • On June 9, CDC released the 2015 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) . (cdc.gov)
  • The YRBS provides essential data to guide our public health work to reduce risk behaviors among our nation's young people. (cdc.gov)
  • 4) sexual behaviors (5) unhealthy dietary behaviors and (6) physical inactivity. (dekalbhealth.net)
  • Sexual Violence Response & Rape Crisis/Anti-Violence Support Center works to promote behaviors that foster positive, healthy, and consensual relationships, and supports survivors of violence through advocacy, connection to resources, community education, training, and engagement. (columbia.edu)
  • BACKGROUND: Many community college students experience poor sexual and relationship health outcomes. (bvsalud.org)
  • However, there is a dearth of research on the mechanisms by which MLE programs impact health outcomes and the long-term effects of MLE programs on sexual and relationship health outcomes among community college students. (bvsalud.org)
  • In addition to monitoring behaviors such as tobacco use, diet, and physical activity, we also monitor sexual and drug use risk behavior. (cdc.gov)
  • The most recent sexual risk behavior data show youth at continued risk for unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases including HIV. (cdc.gov)
  • High school students who got less sleep on an average night were associated with an increased risk of unsafe behavior, including drinking and drug use, aggressive behavior and self-harm, according to data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Our analysis is different because we've performed the study across a longer time period and assessed a wider array of risk-taking behaviors than have been explored in previous studies. (medpagetoday.com)
  • This study collected data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey from February 2007 to May 2015. (medpagetoday.com)
  • In addition to oral lesions, smokeless tobacco users are at increased risk for stomach and pancreatic cancers, although the data regarding the risks for pancreatic cancer are mixed, with some studies showing a statistical association. (medscape.com)
  • One of the more positive changes in risk behaviors among youth in West Virginia is the reduction of tobacco use. (wv.us)
  • The classroom-based Youth Risk Behavior Survey/Tobacco Survey is administered bi-annually to Maryland students. (carolinehd.org)
  • WestEd's Health & Justice Program is a leading center for survey research on adolescent risk behavior, resilience, and well-being. (wested.org)
  • The DeKalb Board of Health received a "Steps to a HealthierUS" grant in 2005, which focused on reducing the burden of diabetes, obesity and asthma, and addressed three related risk behaviors-physical inactivity, poor nutrition and tobacco use. (dekalbhealth.net)
  • Efforts to improve child and adolescent health have typically addressed specific health risk behaviors, such as tobacco use or violence. (stopalcoholabuse.gov)
  • Petersburg's School Board this month heard some concerning results from a risk behavior survey given to high school students a year ago. (kfsk.org)
  • Based on results from a 2001 survey, researchers found that most Indian students engaged in high-risk behaviors. (indianz.com)
  • The Youth Risk Behavior Survey was completed by about 5,600 high school students at 66 BIA schools. (indianz.com)
  • Shaughnessy and Jones said the BIA is working to reduce the high rates of high-risk behavior among Indian students. (indianz.com)
  • BIA also has established a therapeutic model program in three BIA-funded boarding schools to develop schoolwide systems of behavior supports and interventions to reduce high-risk behaviors and improve students' academic performance," they wrote. (indianz.com)
  • This study shows we can prevent adolescent risk behaviors community wide by using this system," says Hawkins, the paper's lead author and founding director of the research group, a part of the university's School of Social Work. (socialworktoday.com)
  • In La Crosse County, the recent Tobacco Youth Risk Behavior Survey, found that over 40% of 11th and 12th graders have tried vaping. (wisconsin.gov)
  • A limited number of health risk behaviors, including tobacco use, account for most immediate and long-term sources of morbidity and mortality. (aeaweb.org)
  • Because many health risk behaviors are established during adolescence, there is a critical need for public health programs directed towards youth, and for information to support these programs. (aeaweb.org)
  • It's essential to realize that when students feel a sense of failure, hopelessness, and lack of accomplishment, their sense of risk is different than what their teachers might think. (edutopia.org)
  • Confinement increased the risk of tobacco and cannabis use. (bvsalud.org)
  • dietary behaviors, and physical activity. (wv.us)
  • Students will analyze their own dietary intakes and develop plans for future actions. (upenn.edu)
  • The differences in smoking behavior (smoking onset, quitting) between the two groups, as well as gender-specific effects, were studied as secondary outcomes. (jmir.org)
  • PBIS is a broad range of systemic and individualized strategies for achieving important social and learning outcomes while preventing problem behavior. (pgcps.org)
  • PBIS is the integration of valued outcomes, the science of human behavior validated procedures and systems change. (pgcps.org)
  • This study examined patterns of use of flavored tobacco products in a nationally generalizable sample of Canadian students in grades 9 through 12 after the implementation of a national ban on certain flavored tobacco products. (cdc.gov)
  • Logistic regression models were used to examine differences in use of flavored tobacco products (cigarettes, pipes, little cigars or cigarillos, cigars, roll-your-own cigarettes, bidis, smokeless tobacco, water pipes, and blunt wraps) by sociodemographic and regional characteristics. (cdc.gov)
  • More than half of tobacco users in grades 9 through 12 in Canada use flavored tobacco, despite a national ban on certain flavored tobacco products. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC analyzed data from the Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey, an online survey of a probability-based, nationally representative sample of public- and private-school students in grades 9-12 (N = 7,705), to examine the prevalence of current use of tobacco products, alcohol, and other substances among U.S. high school students. (cdc.gov)
  • The center is one of 14 Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science that are receiving a total of up to $53 million for tobacco-related research in fiscal year 2013. (utexas.edu)
  • Health Promotion centers student experiences, builds partnerships, and utilizes evidence-informed, equity-minded, and multi-level approaches to prioritize well-being and enhance capacity within a campus community where students can thrive. (columbia.edu)
  • Flavored tobacco use varied by product type and ranged from 32% of cigarette smokers reporting menthol smoking to 70% of smokeless tobacco users reporting using flavored product in the previous 30 days. (cdc.gov)
  • Data were collected using the Florida Annual College Tobacco Survey (FACTS). (who.int)
  • The GSHS is a school-based survey conducted primarily among students aged 13-17 years. (cdc.gov)
  • Minaker LM, Ahmed R, Hammond D, Manske S. Flavored Tobacco Use Among Canadian Students in Grades 9 Through 12: Prevalence and Patterns From the 2010-2011 Youth Smoking Survey. (cdc.gov)
  • Data from the 2010-2011 Youth Smoking Survey, a nationally generalizable sample of Canadian students in grades 9 through 12 (n = 31,396), were used to examine tobacco product use. (cdc.gov)
  • Survey procedures were designed to protect the privacy of students by allowing for anonymous and voluntary participation, along with parent notification. (wv.us)
  • Youth Tobacco Survey in the six WHO regions. (who.int)
  • World Health Organization (WHO) and Center for Disease Control (CDC) developed the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) to track tobacco use among youth across countries using a common methodology and core questionnaire. (who.int)
  • HJP developed the customizable California School Climate Survey (CSCS) for school staff as a companion to the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) for students. (wested.org)
  • Data from the ASPS are aligned with the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) so that results can be compared between students who do and do not participate in after-school programs. (wested.org)
  • Using data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey on smoking behaviors for roughly 440,000 European youths over the years 2001-2018, we show that a one euro increase in cigarette excise taxes reduces smoking prevalence (share of children who has smoked) by 2 percentage points using a two-way fixed effects model. (lu.se)
  • Fewer students are smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol, according to a recent survey of kids in our state. (wa.gov)
  • The Healthy Youth Survey is taken every two years by students in grades 6, 8, 10, and 12 in more than 1,000 public schools in Washington. (wa.gov)
  • More than 200,000 youth took part in the survey in October 2012 by answering a wide variety of questions about their health and health behaviors. (wa.gov)
  • High school and middle school Principal Rick Dormer said 109 of 147 students in the high school took the survey in January of 2015. (kfsk.org)
  • Voluntary, self-administered survey of 1265 sixth- through 12th-grade students representing 79% to 95% of all students attending 5 rural New Hampshire and Vermont public schools in October 1996. (nih.gov)
  • Whereas only 4.5% of students reported bringing a CPI to school with them the day of the survey, 44.5% reported seeing such an item at school the day of the survey. (nih.gov)
  • According to the survey results, 87.7 percent of students smoked at some point in their lifetime. (indianz.com)
  • When compared with results of the same survey among high school students nationwide, the rates of tobacco, marijuana and alcohol use among BIA students was much higher. (indianz.com)
  • In the latest survey, Utah students were significantly more likely to report trying alcohol and e-cigarettes than conventional cigarettes. (sltrib.com)
  • The 2018 Wisconsin Youth Tobacco Survey found that e-cigarette use by high school students increased 154% between 2014 and 2018. (wisconsin.gov)
  • The survey also found that 1 in 3 high school students have tried e-cigarettes and 1 in 5 are current users. (wisconsin.gov)
  • While the same local survey found of those high school students who are vape or tobacco users, an average of 38% tried to quit within the past year. (wisconsin.gov)
  • According to the report, 28.5 percent of students surveyed reported being a current smoker (defined as having smoked cigarettes on one or more of the 30 days before the survey), compared with 36.4 percent in 1997. (aafp.org)
  • The survey will be conducted among nationally representative samples of students attending public and private schools in grades 6-12. (aeaweb.org)
  • The Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) which was conducted in Suriname by the Ministry of health in 2000 and repeated in 2004 and 2009, used an internationally standardized instrument that facilitates comparing youth behavior regarding tobacco use at the regional level as well as the international level. (who.int)
  • The West Virginia Department of Education is committed to providing a healthy and safe environment for our students in public schools and we intend to continue to place greater emphasis on health and physical wellness with students and staff. (wv.us)
  • These recommendations complement CDC guidelines for school health programs to prevent the spread of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (4), to prevent tobacco use and addiction (5), and to promote physical activity (6). (cdc.gov)
  • As for positive results, local students are involved in physical activity and eating healthy foods at a much higher rate than the state average. (kfsk.org)
  • The study also showed that parents who participated in the Early Head Start program demonstrated more positive parenting behaviors, reported less physical punishment of their children, were more emotionally supportive of their children, and assisted their children more in learning at home. (aafp.org)
  • We have to get schools started within a time frame, move students and educators periodically, make time for nutrition and physical activity, foster creativity, and end the day in some predictable and organized ways. (edutopia.org)
  • Supportive behaviors from colleagues did not mitigate the effects of the work environment on the well being of the teachers. (cdc.gov)
  • Teachers and school administrators have done a great job in creating safe and supportive learning environments for our students," said Randy Dorn, Superintendent of Public Instruction. (wa.gov)
  • The initiative helps teachers identify certain behaviors when they occur and provides them with corrective and supportive strategies as interventions. (pgcps.org)
  • Immediate action is required to limit youth exposure to ETS and accessibility, issue legislation to prohibit selling smoking to minors, ban tobacco advertisement and create a supportive environment to the health of young people. (who.int)
  • ¾ Measures to ensure that Non -smokers receive effective protection, to which they are entitled, from involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke. (who.int)
  • and exposure to tobacco advertising. (wested.org)
  • In logistic regression analysis older age, living away from home, smoking by family and close friends and exposure to tobacco promotion were predictors of current smoking status. (who.int)
  • A stratified, three-stage, cluster sampling procedure was used to generate a nationally representative sample of U.S. students attending private or public schools in grades 6-12. (fda.gov)
  • Is There an Association between Social Connectedness, Social Identity, Alcohol Consumption and Mental Health among Young University Students? (scirp.org)
  • The study aims to explore the association between levels of alcohol consumption, mental health, social connectedness and social identity among university students. (scirp.org)
  • When all factors were considered: gender, living arrangements, being a domestic student, hours spent at work, participation in university and community sport, higher levels of psychological distress, higher levels of social connectedness, and lower levels of social identity were significant predictors of hazardous alcohol consumption. (scirp.org)
  • Further exploration of the associations between social connectedness and social identity as influences of health behaviors will better inform the development of targeted strategies for specific groups. (scirp.org)
  • The percentage of students who had tried cigarette smoking at any point during their lives had also declined to 63.9 percent in 2001 from 70.4 percent in 1997. (aafp.org)
  • The NYTS is a cross-sectional, school-based, self-administered questionnaire administered to U.S. middle (grades 6-8) and high school (grades 9-12) students since 1999. (fda.gov)
  • Analytical cross-sectional study with non-probabilistic cannabis en el contexto sampling at two points in time. (bvsalud.org)
  • The FDA and NIH will use findings from the center's research to inform regulation of tobacco products and protect public health. (utexas.edu)
  • We examined the association between ownership of a CPI and smoking behavior through regression models and conducted a sensitivity analysis on the findings. (nih.gov)
  • In addition, these strategies, which are based on evidence from research findings, can serve everyone in the school community - from students and their families to teachers and staff. (uconn.edu)
  • Results of the NYTS will continue to be used to inform and evaluate the National Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program, provide data to inform the Department of Health and Human Service's Tobacco Control Strategic Action Plan, and provide national benchmark data for state-level Youth Tobacco Surveys. (aeaweb.org)
  • Plans for how to assess or evaluate students in health education? (cdc.gov)
  • Maintain a drug-free, alcohol-free, and tobacco-free environment. (cabarruscollege.edu)
  • AUSTIN, Texas Two University of Texas at Austin College of Education professors are among several scholars nationwide to receive funding from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study trends in young people's tobacco use and the extent to which targeted marketing is contributing to an increase in use. (utexas.edu)
  • These data lend support to a ban on CPIs to be included in US Food and Drug Administration regulations to prevent tobacco use among US youth. (nih.gov)
  • The study is the first community-randomized trial of Communities That Care, a system developed by J. David Hawkins, PhD, and Richard Catalano, PhD, of the Social Development Research Group to lower rates of delinquency and drug use and to promote healthy behaviors. (socialworktoday.com)
  • and alcohol, tobacco, or other drug use. (secondstep.org)
  • BASICS is designed to assist students in examining their drinking and other drug-use behavior in a judgment-free environment. (columbia.edu)
  • It's no secret what the tobacco companies want: They're waging a multi-pronged assault on a new rule the Food and Drug Administration issued last year for electronic cigarettes and cigars - products that are sold in a huge assortment of sweet flavors and threaten to hook a new generation of kids. (prnewswire.com)
  • The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control states that sweet-flavored cigarettes fall into the category of products likely to create an erroneous impression that the product is less harmful than other tobacco products (9). (cdc.gov)
  • [ 5 ] In addition, unlike cigarettes, the majority of smokeless tobacco products are sold without a health warning, and lack of awareness of its negative impact on health increases its consumption. (medscape.com)
  • This decline was primarily driven by e-cigarettes (14.1% to 10.0%), which translates to 580,000 fewer high school students who currently used e-cigarettes in 2023.Among high school students, declines were also observed during 2022-2023 for cigars and overall combustible tobacco smoking, representing all-time lows. (fda.gov)
  • However, among middle school students overall, no significant change was observed during 2022-2023 for any individual tobacco product type, including e-cigarettes. (fda.gov)
  • Since 2014, e-cigarettes have been the most commonly used tobacco product among U.S. youths ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In Congress, tobacco companies are pushing two bills that would greatly weaken FDA oversight of e-cigarettes and cigars and protect tobacco companies' ability to market candy-flavored products that are so enticing to kids. (prnewswire.com)
  • 12.1% of students are currently smoking cigarettes. (who.int)
  • ABSTRACT There is a lack of data on tobacco use in the Syrian Arab Republic. (who.int)
  • But they found that other data indicated more than 70% of high school students average less than 8 hours of sleep per night . (medpagetoday.com)
  • There is currently no specific data that links the types of the diseases and mortality to use of tobacco. (who.int)
  • There is also lack of data on consumption rates of tobacco products by various groups and population categories. (who.int)
  • Data were collected by Self-Answered Questionnaire during three academic years in two graduations years among health students in both campuses. (scirp.org)
  • This encompasses sampling, obtaining parent consent and student participation, administering surveys, processing and analyzing data, and generating reports. (wested.org)
  • Data on flavored e-cigarette use by device type and flavored product use overall and by flavor type used by tobacco product were also reported. (fda.gov)
  • The number of secondary school students who believe using marijuana is risky dropped to the lowest level since the state started collecting data. (wa.gov)
  • Data also showed a significant difference in the number of delinquent behaviors the students engaged in over the past year. (socialworktoday.com)
  • 1 These data may include policies (e.g., stay- at-home orders, mass gathering restrictions, mask-wearing requirements, institutions of higher education policies and recommendations) and administrative records (e.g., past and current student and faculty attendance, class cancellations, plans for reopening). (cdc.gov)
  • Primary data may also be collected, including student health clinic data, symptom screening results on campuses , 1 occupational health or employee health information , 1 and relevant local and national surveys of students, faculty, and staff. (cdc.gov)
  • Online data were collected from a random sample of university undergraduate students (n = 2506) aged 18 - 24 years old. (scirp.org)
  • Information collected through the NYTS is also expected to provide multiple measures and data for monitoring progress on seven tobacco-related objectives for Healthy People 2030. (aeaweb.org)
  • The percentage of last-30-day users who used flavored tobacco was significantly higher in Quebec than in Ontario and significantly higher among youths who received weekly spending money than among those who received no money. (cdc.gov)
  • Use of flavored tobacco has been inversely associated with age (5,10,11) in part because of selective marketing to youths (3). (cdc.gov)
  • Differences in tobacco use estimates by location †† might be due to potential underreporting of tobacco use behaviors or other unmeasured characteristics among youths participating outside of the classroom. (cdc.gov)
  • Type of tobacco product used: are there differences between university and community college students? (who.int)
  • Teenagers in the intervention towns reported lower levels of use of all seven substances and the differences were statistically significant for alcohol and smokeless tobacco. (socialworktoday.com)
  • 5 A 2019 US study found extensive misperceptions about the norms of tobacco use among middle and high school students, with most students believing that their peers approved of and used tobacco more than they actually did. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • In fact, a recent national study by CASEL found that "students receiving school-based social-emotional learning scored 11 percentile points higher on academic achievement tests than their peers who did not receive social-emotional learning. (secondstep.org)
  • The study groups consisted of 40 randomized classes that received the standardized EAT intervention (two medical student-led interactive modules taking 120 minutes total) and 34 control classes within the same schools (no intervention). (jmir.org)
  • The intervention appears to prevent smoking, especially in females and students with a low educational background. (jmir.org)
  • The study found that 5.7% of the eighth-grade students in the intervention towns engaged in binge drinking in the past two weeks compared with 9% of the eighth graders in the communities not using the system. (socialworktoday.com)
  • Using an anonymous questionnaire, we then measured on a 5-point Likert scale the perceptions of the intervention among 125 students of both genders (average age 12.75 years). (jmir.org)
  • To increase familiarity with the photoaging app (called "Smokerface") and students' participation in the mirroring intervention, students were asked to download the app before our visit, via a letter 3 days in advance. (jmir.org)
  • For example, only 20 percent of U.S. high school students were current smokers and one fourth said they were current marijuana users. (indianz.com)
  • In the United States, clean indoor air acts and cigarette excise tax increases have resulted in a coincidental increase in smokeless tobacco use. (medscape.com)
  • Nearly as many 10th graders smoked tobacco from a hookah pipe as from a cigarette, and about 7 percent said that they smoked a cigar in the last month. (wa.gov)
  • In 2021, 11.3% of high school students (1.72 million) and 2.8% (320,000) of middle school students reported current e-cigarette use ( Table ). (cdc.gov)
  • To assess the prevalence of ownership of cigarette promotional items (CPIs) by rural northern New England students and to examine the association between CPI ownership and smoking behavior. (nih.gov)
  • Cigarette promotional items are owned by one third of students in these rural northern New England schools. (nih.gov)
  • More than 70% of boys and girls saw a tobacco advertisement, and more than 1 in 10 students have an object with a cigarette brand logo on it. (who.int)
  • Dormer also saw concerns with tobacco use, cyber bullying and kids who thought about or have attempted suicide. (kfsk.org)