National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS)
In collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control, the American Legacy Foundation developed the National Youth Tobacco Survey to measure the tobacco-related beliefs, attitudes and behavior of youth, and the pro- and anti-tobacco influences to which they are exposed. This anonymous, self-administered survey includes questions about:
- Use of various tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, bidis and kreteks (clove cigarettes)
- Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke
- Factors that encourage smoking, such as tobacco advertising and having friends and family who smoke
- Factors that discourage smoking, such as school prevention programs and advice to quit,
- Awareness of pro- and anti-tobacco advertising
In 1999, baseline NYTS data was conducted, with the first formal data collection occurring in the spring of 2000. The 2000 NYTS was administered to 35,828 middle and high school students across the country. The survey design made it possible to include enough African American, Hispanic and Asian American youth to produce nationally representative estimates for these populations as well as for white youth. The 2000 NYTS generated the first national estimates of smoking behavior among Asian American youth in nearly ten years, resulting in unexpected findings about the magnitude of risk that smoking poses for this group.
Surveys