Table 39. Cigarette usage among middle school students, by gender, race/ethnicity, grade, and middle school, in percent

		Lifetime Cigarette Use**				Current Cigarette Use†				Purchased Cigarettes at a Store or Gas Station				Current Cigar Use§
		Lifetime Cigarette Use**				Current Cigarette Use†				Purchased Cigarettes at a Store or Gas Station				Current Cigar Use§
		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total

Galveston*
	Race/ethnicity
	White	26.8	34.2	30.8		7.6	9.7	8.7		0.0	0.6	0.0		4.4	9.7	7.1
	Black	23.2	22.6	23.1		7.2	8.2	7.7		0.6	0.0	1.3		7.8	8.3	8.0
	Hispanic	31.1	31.7	31.1		12.2	12.0	11.9		1.2	1.2	1.0		9.4	10.8	9.9
	All other	25.9	23.0	24.7		7.1	11.9	9.5		0.0	1.2	0.7		11.8	15.3	13.5

	Grade
	6	18.1	18.4	18.3		7.4	4.5	5.9		0.5	0.9	0.7		6.4	5.4	5.9
	7	26.9	28.9	28.6		9.1	8.4	9.2		0.5	0.9	0.7		8.7	8.1	8.4
	8	34.7	38.6	36.4		10.2	18.1	13.8		0.9	0.5	0.9		8.9	16.4	12.6

	Middle School
	Austin	29.2	22.5	27.0		8.9	11.4	10.8		1.5	2.0	2.1		8.1	7.4	8.1
	Central	23.7	24.2	23.9		9.3	9.6	9.2		0.9	0.4	0.7		7.0	7.9	7.3
	Crenshaw	20.0	32.0	25.0		4.2	4.0	3.9		0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
	Weis	29.7	35.3	32.3		9.5	10.9	10.1		0.0	0.4	0.4		9.5	14.3	11.8

	2007 Total*	27.2	28.6	27.9		9.1	10.3	9.7		0.6	0.8	0.7		8.0	10.0	9.0
Dallas ISD,TX*		54.9	61.3	58.0		14.3	19.0	16.6						13.1	16.6	14.8

*Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey. Galveston 2007, and Dallas ISD, Texas 2003.
**Ever tried a cigarette, even one or two puffs.
† Smoked cigarettes on ≥ 1 of the 30 days preceding the survey.
§ Smoked cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars on ≥ 1 of the 30 days preceding the survey.

White = non-Hispanic white, Hispanic = any race, Black = non-Hispanic black, All other = any other non-Hispanic
Not available