Youth Tobacco Survey

{Survey}

The Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS) was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide states with the data needed to design, implement, and evaluate comprehensive tobacco control programs that work to prevent young people from beginning tobacco use and help those who have already started using tobacco to quit.

{Purpose}

These data provide information on many key tobacco-related intermediate and long-term indicators, allowing states to measure progress toward state and national goals and objectives. For example, YTS data increase our understanding of the influence of pro-tobacco marketing, advertising, and products on young people and, conversely, of the effects of anti-tobacco campaigns working to counter them. Further, due to its methodology a state can directly compare its YTS data both to those collected in another state as well as national data.

{Methods}

The YTS collects data from young people in grades 6 through 12. Both public and private schools are eligible for inclusion (although private schools have not been included in recent YTS administrations). Schools are randomly selected with probability proportional to enrollment size, then classrooms are chosen at random within the selected schools, and all students in these selected classes are eligible to participate. Only one class period is required to administer the survey. The self-administered questionnaire is anonymous. States administer a core survey and have the option of adding questions to the survey.

{National YTS}

The National YTS — http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/surveys/YTS/index.htm — was administered in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

{Mississippi YTS}

The Youth Tobacco Survey was conducted in Mississippi in Spring 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2000,  Fall 2002, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Fall 2006, Spring 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2021, Fall 2022 and Fall 2023.

{Mississippi YTS Data Book}

• The Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey (1998-2023) (PDF)
• The Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey (1998-2022) (PDF)
• The Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey (1998-2021) (PDF)
• The Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey (1998-2019) (PDF)
• The Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey (1998-2018) (PDF)
• The Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey (1998-2017) (PDF)
• The Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey (1998-2016) (PDF)
• The Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey (1998-2015) (PDF)
• The Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey (1998-2014) (PDF)
• The Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey (1998-2013) (PDF)
• The Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey (1998-2012) (PDF)
• The Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey (1998-2011) (PDF)
• The Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey (1998-2010) (PDF)
• The Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey (1998-2009) (PDF)

{Factsheets + Infographics}

• 2023 Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS) Key Findings
• Past 30-Day E-Cigarette Use among High School Students Almost Doubled Over the Past Year (2018 MS YTS Data) (PDF)

{Posters}

• Current Cigarette Smoking – MS Public High Schools (1998-2022) (PDF)
• Current Cigarette Smoking – MS Public Middle Schools (1998-2022) (PDF)

{Presentations}

Smoking is decreasing among Mississippi youth. The prevalence of current smokers in Mississippi has decreased by 90% since 1998 among public middle school students and has decreased by 86% since 1998 among public high school students.

Results from the Youth Tobacco Survey demonstrate substantial decreases in the prevalence of ever smoking and current smoking among middle school and high school students, as well as decreases in frequent smoking among high school students.