Smoking Drinking And Illicit Drug Use Among American Secondary School Students College Students And Young Adults 1975 1991

This is the second volume in a two-volume set reporting the results of all surveys through 1991 from the Monitoring the Future study of American secondary school students and young adults. Volume II begins with chapter 11 which provides an introduction to the volume, noting that Monitoring the Future consists of an ongoing series of annual national surveys of American high school seniors begun in 1975 (the results of which are presented in volume I) and a series of annual follow-up surveys of representative samples of the previous participants from each high school senior class going back to the Class of 1976. It further notes that this volume presents the results of the 1977 through 1991 follow-up surveys of the graduating classes of 1976 through 1990. Chapter 12 presents an overview of key findings, examining trends in illicit drug use, alcohol use, and cigarette smoking, and noting college-noncollege and male-female differences. Racial and ethnic comparisons are included. Chapter 13 describes the study design and procedures, chapter 14 looks at the prevalence of drug use among young adults, and chapter 15 explores trends in drug use among young adults. Chapter 16 focuses on the attitudes and beliefs about drugs among young adults, while chapter 17 concentrates on the social milieu. Chapters 18 and 19 focus on college students, looking at the prevalence of and trends in drug use in this population. Twenty-six tables and 48 figures illustrate data from the study. (Author/NB)

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 an introduction to the report. Chapter 2 contains an overview of key findings, looking at trends in illicit drug use, alcohol use, and cigarette smoking, and the drug use of 8th and 10th graders. A summary of trends notes that, over the last 10 years, there have been appreciable declines in the use of a number of the illicit drugs among seniors. Chapter 3 describes the study design and procedures; chapter 4 considers the prevalence of drug use among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders; chapter 5 examines trends in drug use among high school seniors; and chapter 6 focuses on drug use at earlier grade levels. Chapter 7 concentrates on the degree and duration of drug highs. Chapter 8 explores attitudes and beliefs about drugs and chapter 9 considers the social milieu. Other findings from the study, including findings on the use of nonprescription stimulants and the use of marijuana on a daily basis are presented in chapter 10. Prevalence and trend estimates adjusted for absentees and dropouts are appended. Thirty-four tables and 32 figures are included. (NB)

This report focuses on the vulnerable adolescent ages of 10 through 18 when most users start smoking, chewing, or dipping & become addicted to tobacco. It examines the health effects of early smoking & smokeless tobacco use, the reasons that young men & women begin using tobacco, the extent to which they use tobacco, tobacco advertising & promotional activities (history of cigarette advertising to the young); & efforts to prevent tobacco use by young people (public opinion; educational efforts; & public policies). Charts, tables & graphs. Glossary. Index.