Table 17. Cigarette use among high school students, by gender, race/ethnicity, and grade in percent
		Lifetime Cigarette Use**				Current Cigarette Use†				Purchased Cigarettes at a Store or Gas Station
		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total
Galveston*
	Race/ethnicity
	White	44.3	50.8	47.3		15.9	22.7	19.7		20.0	26.8	23.3
	Black	31.6	26.8	29.5		6.7	12.2	9.6		27.8	26.1	31.8
	Hispanic	48.8	52.3	50.7		16.4	26.6	21.5		12.8	29.7	23.8
	All other	50.7	49.3	47.7		21.4	23.0	21.9		20.0	40.0	29.0
	Grade
	9	40.1	39.3	39.7		12.8	15.9	14.5		2.9	12.8	10.3
	10	40.6	47.2	43.4		14.0	23.0	18.5		10.8	15.1	8.0
	11	48.0	46.1	46.7		13.4	26.0	19.1		26.9	40.5	35.4
	12	43.7	47.8	46.2		15.8	22.8	19.6		41.7	66.7	50.9
	2007 Total*	42.7	44.5	43.6		13.9	21.3	17.4		17.9	29.2	24.2
	2004 Total*	48.8	47.6	48.3		17.3	19.5	18.3		17.9	34.2	25.9
	2002 Total*	56.4	56.1	56.3		20.2	20.9	20.5		25.7	43.0	34.0
	2000 Total*§	61.5	63.8	62.3		18.5	17.9	18.3		45.6	48.6	47.6
Texas*		55.3	61.5	58.5		22.0	26.3	24.2		10.9	19.9	15.7
United States*		52.7	55.9	54.3		23.0	22.9	23.0		11.7	18.8	15.2
*Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey. Galveston 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, Texas and United States 2005.
**Ever tried a cigarette, even one or two puffs.
† Smoked cigarettes on ≥ 1 of the 30 days preceding the survey.
§ 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  = any other non-Hispanic