Compared to Distribution

an indicator guage with the arrow in the green the value is in the best half of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the yellow the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the red the value is in the worst quarter of communities.

Compared to Target

green circle with white tick inside it meets target; red circle with white cross inside it does not meet target.

Compared to a Single Value

green diamond with downward arrow inside it lower than the comparison value; red diamond with downward arrow inside it higher than the comparison value; blue diamond with downward arrow inside it not statistically different from comparison value.

Trend

green square outline with upward trending arrow inside it green square outline with downward trending arrow inside it non-significant change over time; green square with upward trending arrow inside it green square with downward trending arrow inside it significant change over time; blue square with equals sign no change over time.

Compared to Prior Value

green triangle with upward trending arrow inside it higher than the previous measurement period; green triangle with downward trending arrow inside it lower than the previous measurement period; blue equals sign no statistically different change from previous measurement period.

green chart bars Significantly better than the overall value

red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

light blue chart bars No significant difference with the overall value

gray chart bars No data on significance available

Teens Who Currently Smoke Cigars

Measurement Period: 2017

Percentage of youth who currently smoke cigars (cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey). This was removed in the 2019 YRBS, not sure when the question first appeared. (YRBS)

Why is this important?

Factors associated with youth tobacco product use include the following:

Social and physical environments
The way mass media show tobacco product use as a normal activity can make young people want to try these products.
Youth are more likely to use tobacco products if they see people their age using these products. (CDC, 2022)

Use of other tobacco products (cigars, smokeless tobacco, and/or pipes) by current cigarette smokers increased from 10.2% in 2000 to 14.5% in 2017. (DHHS, 2020)

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