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Table 4 Prevalence of student tobacco, alcohol and marijuana usea*

From: A school-based resilience intervention to decrease tobacco, alcohol and marijuana use in high school students

 

TOBACCO

ALCOHOL

MARIJUANA

 

Ever smokedb

Last 3 monthsc

Current smokerd

Last 3 monthse

Binge drinkingf

Last 3 monthsg

 

2002 n (%)

2006 n (%)

2002 n (%)

2006 n (%)

2002 n (%)

2006 n (%)

2002 n (%)

2006 n (%)

2002 n (%)

2006 n (%)

2002 n (%)

2006 n (%)

All students

            
 

714 (50.6)

309 (26.8)

352 (24.9)

137 (12.0)

334 (23.2)

135 (11.2)

687 (48.7)

334 (29.5)

483 (33.8)

204 (17.4)

231 (16.3)

77 (6.8)

School

            

A

212 (51.0)

103 (31.5)

102 (24.9)

48 (14.7)

100 (24.6)

42 (13.0)

194 (48.1)

94 (28.8)

143 (33.8)

61 (18.8)

68 (16.6)

23 (7.1)

B

289 (50.9)

120 (24.6)

143 (25.2)

52 (10.5)

129 (22.9)

54 (11.0)

283 (49.8)

151 (30.8)

198 (34.6)

85 (17.0)

85 (15.0)

25 (5.0)

C

213 (49.9)

86 (25.2)

107 (24.4)

37 (11.6)

105 (24.7)

39 (11.5)

210 (47.8)

89 (28.2)

142 (32.8)

58 (16.6)

78 (17.7)

29 (9.1)

Grade

            

7

110 (29.2)

31 (10.6)

33 (8.8)

9 (3.1)

43 (11.3)

7 (2.2)

83 (22.1)

31 (10.8)

53 (13.9)

12 (3.9)

18 (4.8)

2 (0.7)

8

173 (50.1)

63 (20.5)

96 (27.3)

25 (8.1)

91 (25.4)

30 (9.5)

158 (45.1)

62 (20.3)

103 (29.3)

33 (10.7)

52 (14.8)

17 (5.6)

9

193 (59.4)

104 (36.2)

97 (30.0)

49 (17.3)

90 (27.0)

50 (16.8)

192 (58.9)

105 (37.6)

134 (40.5)

74 (25.3)

70 (21.4)

28 (10.0)

10

235 (65.3)

111 (41.4)

124 (34.5)

54 (20.5)

109 (29.9)

48 (17.7)

251 (70.7)

136 (51.9)

189 (52.5)

85 (31.6)

88 (24.5)

30 (11.4)

Gender

            

Male

339 (47.4)

148 (27.1)

159 (22.1)

66 (12.4)

160 (21.8)

73 (12.6)

361 (50.3)

173 (32.8)

266 (36.7)

113 (20.1)

125 (17.3)

42 (7.9)

Female

375 (53.9)

161 (26.4)

188 (27.4)

71 (11.7)

174 (24.6)

62 (9.9)

318 (46.6)

159 (26.4)

217 (30.8)

91 (14.8)

102 (14.8)

34 (5.6)

  1. * All outcomes significantly lower in 2006 compared to 2002 (p ≤ 0.01 used due to multiple testing45)
  2. a43-100 students answers missing per question
  3. bever smoked at least a few puffs of a cigarette
  4. csmoked at least one cigarette on at least one day in the last three months
  5. dcurrently smokes at least part of a cigarette in a week
  6. edrank at least one alcoholic drink on at least one day in the last three months
  7. fdrank at least five alcoholic drinks on at least one day in the last four weeks
  8. gused marijuana on at least one day in the last three months
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