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Download full textNewman, Ian M. – 1990
This report on adolescent tobacco use in Nebraska focuses on grades 8 and 10. The results presented are based on over time; (2) the changing nature of tobacco use from smoking to use as a chew or snuff; (3) the viewing of smoking and chewing as one health issue of tobacco exposure; (4) definition of a smoker for purposes of this study; (5) data…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Grade 10, Grade 8
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E. – 1999
This report discusses findings from the Monitoring the Future study in relation to adolescent cigarette preferences. Results show that in 1998, 19.1% of the eighth graders, 27.6% of the tenth graders, and 35.1% of the twelfth graders reported smoking within 30 days prior to the survey. By the time they finish high school, 65.2% of American young…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age, Demography, Grade 10
Peer reviewedPerez, Miguel A.; Pinzon-Perez, Helda – Journal of School Health, 2000
Investigated health behaviors practiced by 10th graders in Bogota, Colombia. Data from a modified version of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicated that there was a high use of gateway substances (tobacco and alcohol) among respondents, but lower usage, when compared to U.S. students, of other mind-altering substances such as marijuana,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, Drug Abuse
Johnston, Lloyd D.; And Others – 1992
This document contains volume I of a two-volume report presenting the results of the 17th national survey of drug use and related attitudes among American high school seniors and the 12th national survey of American college students. Volume I contains the results from the secondary school samples of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders. Chapter 1 provides…
Descriptors: Drinking, Drug Abuse, Grade 10, Grade 12
PDF pending restorationJohnston, Lloyd D.; And Others – 1993
This document is the first volume of a two-volume report presenting the results of the 18th national survey of drug use and related attitudes among American high school seniors and the 13th national survey of American college students. Volume I contains the results from the secondary school samples of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders. The volume…
Descriptors: Drinking, Drug Abuse, Grade 10, Grade 12
South Dakota State Dept. of Public Instruction, Pierre.
GRADES OR AGES: Grades 5-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Smoking. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has three major parts--1) an outline of basic facts; 2) resource guide on smoking and its relationship to health and disease, with sample lesson plans and vocabulary; and 3) appendix, including questionnaires, selected key facts on smoking, a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Elementary School Curriculum, Grade 10, Grade 11
PDF pending restorationSoule, Penelope P.; Sharp, Joyce – 1997
In the spring of 1996, the Nevada State Department of Education conducted its fourth biennial survey to assess drug and alcohol attitudes and use among students in grades 6, 8, 10, and 12. Issues of safety, violence, and school climate, as well as participation in school-based prevention programs, were also assessed. The survey results are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Children, Drinking
Sunnyside School District, Tucson, AZ.
GRADES OR AGES: 1-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Health education, tobacco, alcohol, and narcotics. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introductory material discusses pre-planning and the general characteristics of physical development in early school, upper elementary school, and preadolescence. The material for grades 1-3 covers the body, human…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Curriculum Guides, Drug Abuse, Elementary Education
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G. – 2001
This publication presents an overview of the 2000 survey of 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students, with a particular emphasis on recent trends in the use of various licit and illicit drugs. It also shows trends in the levels of perceived risk and personal disapproval associated with each drug, which this study has shown to be particularly important…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Crack, Drinking, Drug Use
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G. – 2002
This report presents an overview of the key findings from the Monitoring the Future 2001 nationwide survey of 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students. A particular emphasis is placed on recent trends in the use of licit and illicit drugs. Trends in the levels of perceived risk and personal disapproval associated with each drug--which this study has…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Crack, Drinking, Drug Use
Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. Inst. for Social Research. – 2003
This report presents an overview of the key findings from the Monitoring the Future 2002 nationwide survey of 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students. A particular emphasis is placed on recent trends in the use of licit and illicit drugs. Trends in the levels of perceived risk and personal disapproval associated with each drug--which this study has…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Crack, Drinking, Drug Use
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Schulenberg, John; Bachman, Jerald G. – 1996
This paper presents information from the ongoing research program, Monitoring the Future. The program is designed to: (1) monitor drug use and potential explanatory factors among American secondary school students, and other young adults; (2) distinguish which of three different kinds of change--maturational, historical, and/or cohort are…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns
