CURRENT STATISTICS FOR TOBACCO USE IN HAWAI`I

Tobacco has a huge impact on Hawai`i’s health and economy.  Tobacco is the most preventable cause of premature death and disease.  Each year, smoking kills more people than Aids, murders, suicides, alcohol and drug abuse, car accidents, and fires combined.  Annually in Hawaii, approximately 1,100 deaths (16% of resident deaths) are due to tobacco use. One out of three teen smokers results in premature death.  Up to 300,000 children suffer from respiratory tract infections because of exposure to secondhand smoke.  Tobacco contributes to emphysema, cancer, chronic bronchitis and heart disease.  Children of women who smoke during pregnancy are like to suffer from respiratory distress, sudden infant death syndrome, low birth weight, and lowered I.Q.

2003 Hawaii Youth tobacco Survey (HYTS) Middle School and High School

Tobacco Indicator	Middle School Hawaii Data 2003 National Data 2004	High School Hawaii Data 2003 National Data 2004
Used Tobacco in past month (current smoker)	Hawaii:  5.3% US:  9.8%	Hawaii 14.9% US:  22.5%
Cigar	Hawaii:  2.1 % US:  6.0%	Hawaii:  5.1% US:  11.6%
Smokeless tobacco	Hawaii:  1.7% US:  3.5%	Hawaii:  2.8% US:  5.9%
Pipes	Hawaii:  2.8% US:  3.5%	Hawaii:  4.1% US:  3.2%
Bidis (hand-rolled India cigarettes)	Hawaii: 2.2% US:  2.4%	Hawaii:  3.9% US:  2.6%
Cessation
Want to stop smoking	Hawaii:  62.6% US:  ns	Hawaii:  65.7% US:  ns
Tried to quit in past year (current smokers)	Hawaii:  63.1% US:	Hawaii:  68.1% US
Last quit attempt lasted less than 30 days	Hawaii:  37.3% US:	Hawaii:  44.1% US:
Think they can quit (current smokers)	Hawaii:  80.1% US:	Hawaii:  74.0% US:
Think they can quit (frequent smokers)	Hawaii:-- US:	Hawaii:  57.7% US:
Participated in a program to help them quit   (Ever used Tobacco)     (Current Tobacco Users)	Hawaii:  22.1% US:   Hawaii:  18.2% US:	Hawaii:  14.2% US:   Hawaii:  14.1% US:  15.3%
SECONDHAND SMOKE (SHS)	Middle School	High School
Think SHS is harmful	Hawai`i:  86.5% US:	Hawai`i:  90.4 US:
Exposed to SHS in a room in the past week	Hawai`i:  40%	57.6%
Exposed to SHS in a car in the past week	Hawai`i 33.0% US:	39.3% US:

Past 12 Months, Youth Who Tried to Quit Smoking:

Almost two-thirds of current smokers (MS and HS) want to quit and have tried to quit at least once in the past year.  Unfortunately 37.3% of MS and 44.1% of HS smokers were unable to stay quit for a month during their last quit attempt.  Most current smokers think that they can quit (80.1% MS and 74.0% HS) but fewer frequent smokers think they would be able to quit (57.7%).  One in 5 MS and 1 in 7 HS tobacco users have participated in a program to help them quit using tobacco, an increase from 2000.

Adult Smoking in Hawai`i (State of Hawai'i BRFSS 2004)

Current smokers:

Demographics: Characteristics	Current smoker (smokes everyday)
TOTALS	17.2% (15.2 - 19.5)
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	22.5%
25-34 Years	20.3%
35-44 Years	20.1%
45-54 Years	14.4%
55-64 Years	16.9%
65+ Years	9.3%
GENDER
Males	19.6%
Females	14.9%
ETHNICITY
White:	18.0%
Hawaiian:	20.8%
Filipino:	17.6%
Japanese:	15.2%
Others:	14.1%
COUNTY
Honolulu	15.8%
Hawaii	23.0%
Kauai	18.9%
Maui	19.2%

U.S. Adult Smoking Rate: 

·        Current Smokers   20.9%

·        GENDER

o       23.4% males

o       20.5% females)

·        AGE

o       18-24:  23.6%

o       25-44:  23.8%

o       45-64:  22.4%

o       >65:    8.8%

Percentage of mothers who smoked during pregnancy by state, 2003

·        Hawai`i:  5.9% (2003 vs. 7.1 (2002)

Percentage of everyday adult smokers who tried to quit, 2002 - 2003

·        Hawai`i:  53% (2003) vs. 42.4% (2002)