2003 Primary Prevention Awareness, Attitude, and Use Survey

Perceived Peer Use of Tobacco, Alcohol, and Marijuana

(PPAAUS items 40-42) An average of 29 percent of the Franklin County sixth through eighth graders perceived that at least half (About One-Half or About Three-Fourths or All) of the students at their school smoked cigarettes monthly or more often; 33 percent felt that none of their classmates smoked cigarettes with that frequency. Twenty-two percent of the middle-school students believed that at least half of their classmates drank alcohol at least once a month, and 37 percent felt that none of them did. An average of 19 percent of the students in grades six through eight perceived that at least half of their classmates smoked marijuana at least once a month; 51 percent believed that none of their classmates smoked marijuana monthly or more often.

In grades nine through twelve in the Franklin County Schools, 66 percent of the students felt that at least half of their classmates smoked cigarettes at least once a month; five percent said that none of their classmates smoked cigarettes monthly or more often. An average of 79 percent of the high-school students perceived that at least half of their classmates drank alcohol monthly or more often, and four percent believed that none of them did. Fifty-eight percent felt that at least half of their classmates smoked marijuana at least once a month; six percent of the high-school students felt that none of their classmates smoked marijuana monthly or more often.

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