The Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS) collects data on the smoking habits of young people in grades 6 through 12.
Survey data are used to design, implement, and evaluate comprehensive tobacco control programs that work to prevent young people
from starting tobacco use and help those who have already started using tobacco to quit.
The YTS asks questions designed to gather data on these seven topics:
- Prevalence of tobacco use among young people
- Tobacco-related knowledge and attitudes of young people
- Exposure to pro- and anti-tobacco media and advertising
- Minors' access to tobacco
- Tobacco-related school curricula
- Secondhand smoke
- Addiction to tobacco; initiation and cessation of tobacco use
More information on the YTS program
Reports
For more information, contact:
Office of Tobacco Control
Mississippi State Department of Health
570 East Woodrow Wilson Drive
Jackson, MS 39216-4538
Melanie Bishop, MPH, CHES
601-364-5790
melanie.bishop@msdh.state.ms.us
Rodolfo Vargas, MS
601-576-7369
rodolfo.vargas@msdh.state.ms.us
