Table 4

Trends in youth smoking prevalence: Florida campaign 1998 to present

		Grades		Reported 30 day smoking prevalence				Change in smoking prevalence 1998-1999
		Grades		1998	1999			Change in %	Relative risk	95% CI for relative risk
Florida	8th	25.0	19.5			−5.5^4-150	0.78^4-150	0.72 to 0.85
South region^4-151	8th	21.1	18.7			−2.4	0.87	0.77 to 1.02

Florida	10th	25.5	24.4			−1.1	0.96	0.86 to 1.07
South region	10th	29.8	26.3			−3.5^4-150	0.88^4-150	0.78 to 0.99

Florida	12th	29.8	27.8			−2.0	0.93	0.85 to 1.03
South region	12th	34.3	36.2			+1.9	1.06	0.95 to 1.17

Source: Florida Youth Tobacco Survey (FYTS), a school based survey developed in conjunction with CDC.
Monitoring the Future data are provided for regional comparison.^65,75
↵4-150 p ⩽ 0.05
↵4-151 Census data indicates that Florida represents roughly 16% of the south region population.