Table 40.Cigarette usage among high school students, by gender, race/ethnicity, grade, and on school property, in percent
		Lifetime Cigarette Use				Current Cigarette Use				Purchased Cigarettes at a Store or Gas Station				Current Cigarette Use on School Property
		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total
Galveston*
	Race/ethnicity
	White	54.5	50.6	52.5		23.4	21.2	22.3		22.2	40.4	30.8		7.8	10.4	9.1
	Black	36.6	30.4	33.9		7.0	8.9	7.8		18.8	35.7	26.7		1.2	4.1	2.5
	Hispanic	54.0	55.3	54.6		18.7	25.0	21.4		11.3	29.5	20.3		4.4	10.2	6.9
	All other	48.9	56.8	53.7		29.8	23.3	25.8		26.7	29.4	28.1		12.8	19.2	16.7
	Grade
	9	37.9	37.5	37.7		16.0	14.1	15.1		10.0	24.1	15.9		5.4	7.2	6.2
	10	48.6	42.5	45.7		16.6	18.1	17.3		10.0	20.5	15.5		5.3	6.2	5.7
	11	50.5	57.6	53.6		17.8	22.8	20.0		9.5	30.8	19.8		1.9	11.7	6.2
	12	32.1	56.4	59.3		18.3	24.5	21.4		50.0	62.2	56.5		7.1	14.6	10.8
	2004 Total	48.8	47.6	48.3		17.3	19.5	18.3		17.9	34.2	25.9		4.9	9.6	7.1
	2002 Total	56.4	56.1	56.3		20.2	20.9	20.5		25.7	43.0	34.0		5.9	10.0	7.8
	2000 Total**	61.5	63.8	62.3		18.5	17.9	18.3		45.6	48.6	47.6		8.0	11.2	9.5
Texas*		56.5	61.9	59.4		23.3	24.8	24.3		10.3	22.3	16.6		4.9	7.1	6.2
United States*		58.1	58.7	58.4		21.9	21.8	21.9		13.8	24.2	18.9		7.6	8.2	8.0
*Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey. Galveston 2000, 2002, 2004, Texas, and United States 2003
**For "Lifetime Cigarette Use" used "Ever smoked a Cigarette", and for "Current Cigarette Use" used "Smoked at Least 1 Cigarette Daily for 30 Days"
Percents may not add up to 100% due to missing values.
White = non-Hispanic white,  Hispanic = any race,  Black = non-Hispanic black, All other  = non-Hispanic
N/A = Not Available