Ratio: Percent of non-smoking high school students grades 9-12 exposed to secondhand smoke

Definition: The percentage of high school students in grades 9-12 who are nonsmokers but are exposed to secondhand smoke.

Data Source:

Youth Tobacco Survey*, Office of Tobacco Control, New Jersey Department of Health

* Survey not conducted every year.

Ratio: Percentage of adults aged 18 and over who reported smoking cigarettes every day or some days.

Definition: Number of adults aged 18 years and older who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and who now report smoking cigarettes every day or some days.

Data Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health

Ratio: Percent of non-smoking high school students grades 9-12 exposed to secondhand smoke

Definition: The percentage of high school students in grades 9-12 who are nonsmokers but are exposed to secondhand smoke.

Data Source:

Youth Tobacco Survey*, Office of Tobacco Control, New Jersey Department of Health

* Survey not conducted every year.

Ratio: Percent of live births whose mothers reportedly used any tobacco product.

Definition: Self-reported use of any tobacco product by the mother during pregnancy. Note: Denominator includes mothers with unknown tobacco use status (approx. 5% of birth records).

Source:

Birth Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health; Retrieved on December 22, 2014 from New Jersey Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey State Health Assessment Data: http://nj.gov/health/shad. 

History:
MAR 2017
- 2010-2014 baseline data updated for total population and all racial/ethnic groups
- Baseline year changed from 2008 to 2010
- 2020 targets adjusted for total and all racial/ethnic groups to reflect a 10% improvement over the 2010 baseline