SMOKING, ALOCHOL, AND OTHER SUBSTANCE USE AMONG MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL KIDS IN CALIFORNIA RESULTS FROM CALIFORNIA HEALTHY KIDS SURVEY 2005-2006

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SMOKING, ALOCHOL, AND OTHER SUBSTANCE USE AMONG
MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL KIDS IN CALIFORNIARESULTS
FROM CALIFORNIA HEALTHY KIDS SURVEY 2005-2006

• NAPAfASA
• (National Asian Pacific American Families Against
  Substance Abuse, Inc.)

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Graph 1 Percentage of male and female
participants (age 11-18) who have ever tried
cigarette even one or two puffs in their lifetime
by ethnicity
PIPacific Islander, APIAsian Pacific
Islander, and AAAfrican American
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Graph 2 Percentage of male and female
participants (age 11-18) who smoked cigarettes in
the past 30 days by ethnicity
Sample size 23,548 (Northern), 8,362 (Central)
47,335 (Southern)
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Graph 3 Percentage of male and female
participants (age 11-18) who have ever had
alcohol (at least one drink) in their lifetime by
ethnicity
Sample size 749 (11), 16,484 (12), 9,113 (13),
17,969 (14), 8,692 (15), 17,098 (16), 6,918 (17),
1,127 (18)
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Graph 4 Percentage of male and female
participants (age 11-18) who have had alcohol (at
least one drink) in the past 30 days by ethnicity
Sample size 1,667 (Filipino), 1,248
(Vietnamese), 3,697 (Chinese), 1,620 (Korean),
1,059 (Japanese), 872 (Pacific Islander), 11,505
(All API), 29,258 (Hispanic), 4,842 (African
American), 3,175 (American Indian), 76,558 (All
races)
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Graph 5 Percentage of male and female
participants (age 11-18) who have had binge
drinks (5 or more drinks of alcohol within a
couple of hours) in the past 30 days by ethnicity
Sample size 1,667 (Filipino), 1,248
(Vietnamese), 3,697 (Chinese), 1,620 (Korean),
1,059 (Japanese), 872 (Pacific Islander), 11,505
(All API), 29,258 (Hispanic), 4,842 (African
American), 3,175 (American Indian), 76,558 (All
races)
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Graph 6 Percentage of male and female
participants (age 11-18) who have ever used
marijuana in their lifetime by ethnicity
Sample size 1,667 (Filipino), 1,248
(Vietnamese), 3,697 (Chinese), 1,620 (Korean),
1,059 (Japanese), 872 (Pacific Islander), 11,505
(All API), 29,258 (Hispanic), 4,842 (African
American), 3,175 (American Indian), 76,558 (All
races)
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Graph 7 Percentage of male and female
participants (age 11-18) who have ever used
methamphetamine in their lifetime by ethnicity
Sample size 1,667 (Filipino), 1,248
(Vietnamese), 3,697 (Chinese), 1,620 (Korean),
1,059 (Japanese), 872 (Pacific Islander), 11,505
(All API), 29,258 (Hispanic), 4,842 (African
American), 3,175 (American Indian), 76,558 (All
races)
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Graph 8 Percentage of male and female
participants (age 11-18) who have used marijuana
in the past 30 days by ethnicity
Sample size 1,667 (Filipino), 1,248
(Vietnamese), 3,697 (Chinese), 1,620 (Korean),
1,059 (Japanese), 872 (Pacific Islander), 11,505
(All API), 29,258 (Hispanic), 4,842 (African
American), 3,175 (American Indian), 76,558 (All
races)
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Graph 9 Percentage of male and female
participants (age 11-18) who have used
methamphetamine in the past 30 days by ethnicity
Sample size 1,667 (Filipino), 1,248
(Vietnamese), 3,697 (Chinese), 1,620 (Korean),
1,059 (Japanese), 872 (Pacific Islander), 11,505
(All API), 29,258 (Hispanic), 4,842 (African
American), 3,175 (American Indian), 76,558 (All
races)
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For More Information

• Fumi Yokota, Ph.D. MPH.
• fyokota_at_napafasa.org
• National Asian Pacific American Families
• Against Substance Abuse, Inc.(NAPAFASA)
• 340 E. Second Street, Suite 409
• Los Angeles, CA 90012
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Website www.napafasa.org