In June, the Department of Public Health announced that the 2011 Connecticut School Health Survey showed declining rates of tobacco use among middle and high school students. The survey showed that
4.6% of middle school students and 19.9% of high school students used some form of tobacco in the month before taking the survey. The rates in 2000 were 13.1% and 32.4%, respectively.
Among students who reported tobacco use, cigarettes were the most common form used, with 2.9% of middle school students and 14% of high school students reporting that they smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days.
The survey also showed that approximately 30% of middle and high school students reported regular exposure to secondhand smoke.
