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04/23/98 THU 11:24 FAX 202 690 7318 DHHS/ASPA 021 What eve ding #'s supplemental materials that are available with the report. Q: The New York Times just ran a story indicating that some kids use tobacco to extend the effect of marijuana. Is there scientific evidence of that? A: There are numerous anecdotal reports that some African American youths smoke tobacco products when they are also smoking marijuana to enhance or prolong the effects of marijuana. Both cigarettes and cigars are used for this purpose. The potential pharmacologic aspects of this phenomenon need to be explored. However, data presented in the Surgeon General's report for 1009-1994 indicate that fewer African American (3%) than white (12%) high school seniors reported that they used both cigarettes and marijuana during the previous month. This survey did not measure cigar use. Also, we have no laboratory evidence to date that such a "spiking" effect of tobacco and marijuana smoking actually occurs. Q: Why were smoking prevalence data for Asian Americans and Native Americans excluded from the latest 1997 YRBS data? A: The number of Asian American and Native American respondents was too low to provide a statistically valid estimate of smoking prevalence among these youth. Q: It has recently been stated that the 1997 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data suggest that information on Hispanic youths may be biased by the relatively large proportion of Hispanics who leave school before graduating from high school. Is this true? A: The recently published report on the 1997 YRBS did not present data by race/ethnicity and grade and cannot be used to substantiate such a claim. The Monitoring the Future data for 1997 indicate that the prevalence of smoking for Hispanic youths was 19.1% for 8th graders, 23.0% for 10th graders, and 25.9% for 12th graders. For African Americans, prevalence was 10.9% for 8th graders, 12.8% for 10th graders, and 14.3% for 12th graders. Among white students, prevalence was 22.8% for 8th graders, 34.4% for 10th graders, and 40.7% for 12th graders. The rate of increase from 8th to 12th grade was about the same for Hispanics and African Americans and lower than for whites. These findings, however, do not substantiate a dropout effect. Additionally, unpublished data from three national household surveys (the 1993 Teenage Attitudes and Practices Survey, the 1992 YRBS National Health Interview Survey supplement, and the 1994/1995 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse) all indicate that smoking prevalence is higher in each of these three racial/ethnic minority groups for dropouts. 7

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