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Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Use: Integrating evidence-based strategies for prevention National Perspective OVERVIEW A lcohol, tobacco and other drug use pose a threat to the health and well-being of adolescents. Adolescents and young adults in their 20s are at the highest risk for illicit drug use. For some drug users, use that begins in adolescence continues well into adulthood. Addiction is a developmental disease; the earlier an adolescent begins drug use, the more likely their use will progress to become serious abuse or addiction. 1 Additionally, adolescence is period of critical cognitive and behavioral development. When adolescents introduce drugs into their bodies during this time, it is easier to develop a dependence and addiction. 2 The adolescent years mark major physical, psychological and social transitions. It is during this stage — early adolescence — that children are likely to encounter drugs for the first time and/or have greater availability of drugs or situations involving tobacco and substance use. According to the findings from the 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (YRBSS) 3 : Tobacco Use 44.7% of high school students had ever tried cigarette smoking 10.3% of high school students had smoked a whole cigarette for the first time before age 13 years 7.7% of high school students had used smokeless tobacco (e.g., chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip) during the 30 days before the survey Alcohol Use Adolescent Health: Planting Seeds for a Healthier Generation National Health Education Week | October 15-19, 2012 70.8% of high school students had had at least 1 drink of alcohol on at least 1 day during their life 38.7% of high school students are current alcohol users 21.9% of high school students had had five or more drinks of alcohol in a row on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey Courtesy of U.S. Food and Drug Administration Other Drug Use 20.7% of high school students had taken prescription drugs such as Oxycontin, Percocet, Vicodin, codeine, Adderall, Ritalin, or Xanas without a doctor’s prescription one or more times during their life 39.9% of high school students had used marijuana one or more times during their life Key Words: adolescents, substance use, abuse, drug, alcohol, tobacco, smoking, health, student Society for Public Health Education • National Health Education Week 2012 | 37
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Page 3 and 4: Table of Contents Introduction ....
Page 5 and 6: Adolescent Health: Our Challenge, O
Page 7 and 8: What is Health Education Adolescent
Page 9 and 10: Planning Your NHEW Activity Adolesc
Page 11 and 12: Planning Your NHEW Activity Adolesc
Page 13 and 14: Getting Your Message Heard: Inform
Page 19 and 20: Steps toward a Successful Marketing
Page 21 and 22: Steps toward a Successful Marketing
Page 23 and 24: Sample Press Release Adolescent Hea
Page 25 and 26: Sample Proclamation Adolescent Heal
Page 27 and 28: Advocacy Matters Adolescent Health:
Page 29 and 30: Nutrition and Physical Activity: Ac
Page 31 and 32: Nutrition and Physical Activity: Ac
Page 33 and 34: Nutrition and Physical Physical Act
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Page 39 and 40: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Use
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Page 45 and 46: Sexual Health: Making the case for
Page 47 and 48: Sexual Health: Making the Case for
Page 53 and 54: Emerging Trends in Adolescent Injur
Page 59 and 60: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transge
Page 65 and 66: Additional Adolescent Health: Plant
Page 67 and 68: Enter for a Chance to Win! National
Page 69 and 70: National Health Education Week 2012
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