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Florida Youth Tobacco Survey (FYTS)
Florida Youth Survey Coordinator
The Florida Youth Tobacco Survey (FYTS) tracks indicators of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke among Florida public middle and high school students and provides data for monitoring and evaluating tobacco use among youth for the Florida Department of Health’s Bureau of Tobacco Prevention and Control. The first FYTS was administered in 1998. Since then, the FYTS has been conducted annually by the Florida Department of Health. County-level data have been collected in even years since 2000, with the exception of 2004. The FYTS has become a part of the Florida Youth Survey (FYS), which includes the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), the Middle School Health Behavior Survey (MSHBS), and the Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey (FYSAS). The FYTS has been supported by many agencies, including the Florida Departments of Education, Children and Families, and Juvenile Justice, school districts throughout the state, and the Office on Smoking and Health at the CDC.
In 2006, Florida voters amended the Florida Constitution. The voters approved a constitutional amendment requiring the Florida Legislature to appropriate 15 percent of the tobacco settlement payment (adjusted annually for inflation) to fund the comprehensive statewide tobacco education and use program.
The 2007 Florida Legislature passed Section 381.84, Florida Statutes, implementing the constitutional amendment and directing the Department of Health to create a comprehensive statewide tobacco education and use prevention program consistent with the CDC Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program. In addition, the statute established a Tobacco Education and Use Prevention Advisory Council to provide advice to the State Surgeon General on the direction and scope of the program. Membership of the council includes tobacco prevention experts ranging from state medical school deans to representatives of the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, and other tobacco prevention and cessation advocates.
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2018 Data Reports
State Tables: 2018 and Trend Data
2015 Data Reports
- Infographic - Cigarettes, Cigars & E-Cigarettes/Vapor
- Infographic - Hookah, Specialty & Flavored Tobacco
- Infographic - Smokeless Tobacco & Snus
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2014 Data Reports
Tobacco Use Prevention Education
Social Attitudes Towards Tobacco Use
Tobacco Use of School Property
Bidi, Kretek, or Pipe Tobacco Use
Flavored Tobacco Use Among Youth
2013 Data Reports
Tobacco Use Prevention Education
Social Attitudes Towards Tobacco Use
Tobacco Use on School Property
Bidi, Kretek, or Pipe Tobacco Use
2012 Data Reports
Tobacco Use Prevention Education
Social Attitudes Towards Tobacco Use
Tobacco Use on School Property
Bidi, Kretek, or Pipe Tobacco Use
2011 Data Reports
Tobacco Use Prevention Education
Social Attitudes Towards Tobacco Use
Tobacco Use on School Property
2010 Data Reports
Tobacco Use Prevention Education
Social Attitudes Towards Tobacco Use
Tobacco Use on School Property
2009 Data ReportsTobacco Use Prevention Education
Social Attitudes Towards Tobacco Use
2008 Data ReportsTobacco Use Prevention Education
Social Attitudes Towards Tobacco Use
2007 Data Reports
- Survey Guidelines
The Florida Youth Tobacco Survey (FYTS) tracks indicators of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke among Florida public middle and high school students and provides data for monitoring and evaluating tobacco use among youth for the Florida Department of Health's Bureau of Tobacco Prevention and Control. The first FYTS was administered in 1998. Since then, the FYTS has been conducted annually by the Florida Department of health. County-level data have been collected in even years since 2000, with the exception of 2004. The FYTS has become a part of the Florida Youth Survey (FYS), which includes the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), the Middle School Health Behavior Survey (MSHBS), and the Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey (FYSAS). The FYTS has been supported by many agencies, including the Florida Departments of Education, Children and Families, and Juvenile Justice, school districts throughout the state, and the Office on Smoking and Health at CDC.
Questions Asked in FYTS: The following topics are asked in this survey: 1) Demographic information (age, gender, grade, race/ethnicity, weight, and height); 2) Tobacco use (cigarette, smokeless tobacco, cigar, bidis, and kreteks), tobacco sources, quitting attempts; 3) Secondhand smoke exposure; 4) Tobacco use prevention education; 5) Students' thoughts about tobacco use (tendency to use in the future, health attitudes toward tobacco use, social attitudes toward tobacco use); 6) Awareness of anti-tobacco media and influence from tobacco companies; 7) Perceptions of tobacco laws in Florida.
Sampling Methods: The FYTS is a statewide, school-based confidential survey of Florida's public middle and high school students, which is administered the spring of each calendar year. It is based on a two-stage cluster probability sample design. First, a random sample of public middle schools and high schools is selected for participation in the survey. Second, within each selected school, a random sample of classrooms is selected, and all students in those classes are invited to participate in the survey. The responses of the survey participants are calculated to reflect the prevalence of tobacco usage in Florida public middle and high school students.
Target Population: Florida public middle and high school students (6-12 grade levels)
Data Analysis: Since the FYTS is based on a two-stage cluster probability sampling methodology rather than a simple random sample, SUDAAN or advanced components of SAS or other statistical programs are recommended for the data analysis. Confidence interval is an important measure of statistical significance and very useful when making comparison between data.
- Data Request
Full data sets are available 6 months after they are received by state office (approximately January or February of the year following the survey administration).
Data Analysis or Data Set Requests:
If you want our statisticians to conduct analysis for you and provide you with the results or if you would like data sets to conduct your own analysis, please send the data request form to (email is best):
Florida Youth Survey Coordinator
Public Health Research
Division of Community Health Promotion
Florida Department of Health
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A-24
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1708
Email: FloridaYouthSurvey@flhealth.gov
Telephone: (850) 558 - 9617
Fax: (850) 245 - 4298
All requests will be processed in a timely manner on a first-come, first-serve basis. Data sets are available in SAS or Excel/CSV format.
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