The Rhode Island Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (RI BRFSS) is a telephone survey of a representative sample of RI adults (ages 18 years and older). The survey has been performed annually since 1984 more...

The Rhode Island Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBS) is a self-administered survey among a random sample of RI public high school students in grades 9-12. There were 1392 respondents in 2001 more...

The Rhode Island Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS) is self-administered among a random sample of RI public middle school students in grades 6-8 and public high school students in grades 9-12. In RI, the survey was first conducted in 2001 among 1646 middle school students and 1574 high school students more...

Operational Definitions
How current smoking is defined

Data on smoking amongst RI adults are presented for

Percent of Adults Who Smoke by
Year, 1990-2002 Age, 2002 Gender, 2002 Race/Ethnicity, 2000-2002 Household Income, 2002	Education, 2002 Region, 2002 Health Insurance Status, 2002 (2 graphs) Tried to Quit Smoking during Past Year, RI, 2002

Data on smoking amongst RI youth are presented for

Percent of Students Who Smoke by
Middle School Students, Gender and Grade, 2001	High School Students Grade, 2001 and 1997
High School Students,Gender, 2001 and 1997	Cigarette Smoking and Purchase by RI Public High School Students, 2001 and 1997

Highlights

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