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Monitoring the Future -- Trends in Lifetime Cigarette Use
HS Senior Class Cohorts of 1995 through 2008


Overview of MTF data 8th Grade Drug Use Trends 10th Grade Drug Use Trends 12th Grade Drug Use Trends

Source: Monitoring the Future, 2009, Table 5-5a, pp.202-04

Lifetime Cigarette Use Within HS Senior Cohorts -- Classes of 1995 through 2008
Class of: 8th Grade 10th Grade 12th Grade
1995 44.0 56.3 64.2
1996 45.2 56.9 63.5
1997 45.3 57.6 65.4
1998 46.1 61.2 65.3
1999 46.4 60.2 64.6
2000 49.2 57.7 62.5
2001 47.3 57.6 61.0
2002 45.7 55.1 57.2
2003 44.1 52.8 53.7
2004 40.5 47.4 52.8
2005 36.6 43.0 50.0
2006 31.4 40.7 47.1
2007 28.4 38.9 46.2
2008 27.9 36.1 44.7

Note: Data has been adjusted chronologically to reflect changes in drug use patterns within each senior class cohort. That is, the 10th grade and 8th grade data are taken from the corresponding 2 years and 4 years prior respectively to the year shown, for each cohort class.


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