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Local Youth Groups In Georgia Working Towards Policy, Systems, And Environmental Changes, Anne-Marie L. Coleman, Kenneth Ray, Kia Toodle, Alina Chung, Jean O'Connor
Local Youth Groups In Georgia Working Towards Policy, Systems, And Environmental Changes, Anne-Marie L. Coleman, Kenneth Ray, Kia Toodle, Alina Chung, Jean O'Connor
Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association
Background: The Georgia Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS) is a survey of public middle school (MS) and high school (HS) students. The Georgia YTS was first conducted in 2001. According to YTS, students who attended a tobacco free schools’ youth summit were significantly more likely to be aware of students who use tobacco products (MS: 21% for smoking and 20% for smokeless tobacco; HS: 42% for smoking and 39% for smokeless tobacco) on school property than students who did not attend a tobacco free schools’ youth summit (MS: 10 % for smoking and 9 % for smokeless tobacco; HS: 32 % …