2001 US National Responses Access to Cigarettes and Proof of Age « Survey Intro and Options

Data regarding access to cigarettes are reported only for those students aged <18 years who reported current cigarette use. Nationwide, 19.1% of these students had purchased their cigarettes in a store or gas station during the 30 days preceding the survey. Male students (25.7%) were significantly more likely than female students (13.1%) to have done so. This significant sex difference was identified for white students and students in all of the grade subpopulations.

Overall, students in grades 10, 11, and 12 (19.1%, 28.7%, and 23.6%, respectively) were significantly more likely than students in grade 9 (8.8%) to have purchased cigarettes in a store or gas station, and students in grade 11 (28.7%) were significantly more likely than students in grade 10 (19.1%) to have done so. State prevalence varied ninefold from 4.4% to 39.1% (median: 18.6%), and local prevalence varied threefold from 14.2% to 46.4% (median: 26.9%).

Approximately two thirds of students (67.2%) who purchased or attempted to purchase cigarettes in a store or gas station during the 30 days preceding the survey had not been asked to show proof of age. State prevalence ranged from 60% to 74.1% (median: 69.7%).

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