The Minnesota Youth Tobacco Survey (MYTS) was administered to 12,376 public school students in grades 6 through 12 to obtain baseline data at the start of the state's latest efforts to reduce tobacco use among youth. The sample is representative of public school students in the state. More than one-third of high school students (38.7%) and 12.6% of middle school students are current tobacco users, defined as use of tobacco on one or more days in the previous 30 days. Current use of cigarettes is 32.4% in high school and 9.1% in middle school. More than 90% of students, including most smokers, agree that tobacco use is addictive and harmful. More than three-fourths (78.4%) of current smokers report that two or more of their four closest friends are smokers. Students who live with a smoker are more likely to become current smokers than students who do not live with anyone who smokes (42.5% to 25.1% in high school). Most current smokers (61.0%) tried to quit smoking at least once in the past 12 months. Eighty-eight percent (88.4%) of current smokers in high school smoke one of the top three advertised brands: Marlboro, Camel, or Newport. Results of the MYTS illustrate some of the challenges facing the state's tobacco reduction efforts and some of the factors that must be considered as Minnesota tries to design and implement effective programs.
Two Healthy People 2020 goals are to increase physical activity (PA) and to reduce disparities in PA. We explored whether PA at the school level changed over time in Minnesota schools and whether differences existed by demographic and socioeconomic factors.
To examine locations of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure among nonsmokers, 7 years after a statewide smoke-free policy.Data collected via statewide, random digit dial telephone survey. Response rates were 64.7% for landline and 73.5% for cell phone.Minnesota, 2014.Representative sample of 7887 nonsmoking adults.Self-reported locations of SHS exposure and opinions on smoke-free restrictions.Descriptive statistics and logistic regression.A total of 35.5% of nonsmokers reported SHS exposure in the past 7 days. The greatest proportion of exposure occurred in community settings (31.7%) followed by cars (6.9%) and in the home (3.2%). Young adults were more likely to be exposed in a home or car than older adults. Nonsmokers living with a smoker were 39.6 (20.6-75.8) times more likely to be exposed to SHS in their home and 5.3 (4.1-6.8) times more likely to be exposed in a car, compared to those who did not live with a smoker.SHS exposure continues after comprehensive smoke-free policies restricted it from public places. Disparities in exposure rates exist for those who live with a smoker, are young, and have low incomes. Findings suggest the need for additional policies that will have the greatest public health benefit.
Objective: There is strong evidence supporting the impact of health care provider advice on patients’ smoking behavior. This paper examines adult smoker reports of health care provider smoking cessation interventions. Design: The 2010 Minnesota Adult Tobacco Survey (MATS) is a random digit dial telephone survey with 7057 Minnesota adults. Both landline and mobile telephone samples were included. These samples were combined and weighted to represent the population of adults in Minnesota. Results: Among adult Minnesotans, 16.1% were current smokers, 80.9% reported seeing a health care provider in the past 12 months and 80.2% of those adults were asked if they smoke. Among smokers who saw any provider in the past 12 months, 94.4% reported they were asked about smoking and 71.8% were advised not to smoke. In contrast, 43.9% of smokers received referrals from a health care provider and among those, 37.5% were recommended medications and 24.8% were referred to a quit smoking program. Conclusion: Given the large body of evidence supporting cessation interventions by health care providers, the increase in use of electronic medical records and the availability and success of evidence-based cessation programs, efforts to improve rates of identifying and treating each tobacco user are needed. Further research is needed to explore how cessation intervention responsibilities can be shared among the clinical team and integrated into ongoing clinical care.
As a society we have underestimated what it takes to meet the most basic needs of families with children. This report, the second of six, details the hardships faced by single-parent families in the Twin Cities in 1984.
Cilj diplomskega dela je bil izdelati aktivno diferencialno sondo z baterijskim napajanjem za merjenje sofazne in diferencialne napetosti do 500V in s frekvencno mejo najmanj 1MHz. Sonda se bo uporabljala v podjetju Elektrotehnika Spekter za nacrtovanje stikalnih napajalnikov.
Na podlagi zahtevanih specifikacij smo razvili osnovno vezje diferencialne sonde, vezje za napajanje in vezje za prikaz polnosti baterije. Dodali smo varnostne elemente, ki scitijo uporabnika in napravo pred visokonapetostnim udarom. Izdelali smo prototipa diferencialne sonde, s katerim smo preizkusili delovanje nacrtanega vezja. Po pregledu delovanja prototipa smo dodali nekaj izboljsav in izdelali koncno verzijo sonde. Vezje smo vgradili v primerno ohisje. Koncano sondo smo umerili in izmerili njene karakteristike.
We interviewed 732 smokers (from five US upper Midwestern states) via telephone in 2006 to examine young adult smoking patterns. We first defined two groups of intermittent smokers—low (who smoked for 1–14 days in the past 30 days) and high (who smoked for 15–29 days in the past 30 days), and then analyzed differences between these two groups and daily smokers. Low intermittent smokers were much less likely to consider themselves smokers, feel addicted, or smoke with friends than high intermittent smokers. Daily smokers were more likely to feel addicted and have trouble quitting smoking than high intermittent smokers. Implications, limitations, and ideas for future studies will be discussed.
