Youth Perceptions of Friends’ Disapproval of Tobacco Use

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Percent of Total All Grades Students Reporting Their Friends Would Feel it is Wrong or Very Wrong for Them to Smoke Cigarettes, 2022: by County

PercentCompare to State Average: 83.7%
Minnesota83.7%Barchart image
Aitkin County73.3%Barchart image
Anoka County84.5%Barchart image
Becker County82.7%Barchart image
Beltrami County80.4%Barchart image
Benton County82.1%Barchart image
Big Stone County81.6%Barchart image
Blue Earth County89.6%Barchart image
Brown County80.7%Barchart image
Carlton County79.6%Barchart image
Carver County78.7%Barchart image
Cass County73.6%Barchart image
Chippewa County78.3%Barchart image
Chisago County77.5%Barchart image
Clay County87.6%Barchart image
Clearwater County*
Cook County71.1%Barchart image
Cottonwood County82.5%Barchart image
Crow Wing County78.0%Barchart image
Dakota County84.0%Barchart image
Dodge County82.6%Barchart image
Douglas County83.6%Barchart image
Faribault County78.9%Barchart image
Fillmore County82.2%Barchart image
Freeborn County84.0%Barchart image
Goodhue County82.0%Barchart image
Grant County78.5%Barchart image
Hennepin County85.8%Barchart image
Houston County81.5%Barchart image
Hubbard County76.7%Barchart image
Isanti County79.2%Barchart image
Itasca County77.3%Barchart image
Jackson County77.2%Barchart image
Kanabec County81.0%Barchart image
Kandiyohi County85.1%Barchart image
Kittson County85.0%Barchart image
Koochiching County80.2%Barchart image
Lac Qui Parle County89.6%Barchart image
Lake County*
Lake of the Woods County71.4%Barchart image
Le Sueur County80.3%Barchart image
Lincoln County75.6%Barchart image
Lyon County89.3%Barchart image
McLeod County82.1%Barchart image
Mahnomen County*
Marshall County77.5%Barchart image
Martin County82.6%Barchart image
Meeker County79.3%Barchart image
Mille Lacs County79.6%Barchart image
Morrison County77.1%Barchart image
Mower County80.3%Barchart image
Murray County80.6%Barchart image
Nicollet County82.1%Barchart image
Nobles County88.8%Barchart image
Norman County*
Olmsted County85.7%Barchart image
Otter Tail County84.6%Barchart image
Pennington County79.0%Barchart image
Pine County74.4%Barchart image
Pipestone County76.9%Barchart image
Polk County85.7%Barchart image
Pope County*
Ramsey County83.9%Barchart image
Red Lake County74.1%Barchart image
Redwood County79.9%Barchart image
Renville County84.9%Barchart image
Rice County85.6%Barchart image
Rock County*
Roseau County82.4%Barchart image
St. Louis County77.8%Barchart image
Scott County85.1%Barchart image
Sherburne County84.1%Barchart image
Sibley County78.5%Barchart image
Stearns County85.7%Barchart image
Steele County85.3%Barchart image
Stevens County84.1%Barchart image
Swift County*
Todd County72.6%Barchart image
Traverse County84.5%Barchart image
Wabasha County81.7%Barchart image
Wadena County80.7%Barchart image
Waseca County81.8%Barchart image
Washington County87.1%Barchart image
Watonwan County71.6%Barchart image
Wilkin County77.1%Barchart image
Winona County77.2%Barchart image
Wright County86.6%Barchart image
Yellow Medicine County81.9%Barchart image

About the Indicator: The Minnesota Student Survey question about peer disapproval changed in 2013. In prior years, students were asked about the extent to which their close friends would approve or disapprove of them smoking one or more packs of cigarettes a day. In 2013, this question was dropped and students were instead asked how wrong their friends would feel it would be for them to smoke cigarettes. Therefore, 9th grade trend data are available only for 2013 and 2016.

"N/A" indicates that the data are unavailable or were not collected. "*" indicates the data are unreliable as a result of small sample sizes or other reasons.

Data Source: Minnesota Student Survey (MSS)

Description: The MSS is a confidential and anonymous self-administered survey given to students attending Minnesota public, charter and tribal schools. From 1995 to 2010, the survey was administered to students in 6th, 9th, and 12th grades. New in 2013, the survey was administered to students in 5th, 8th, 9th, and 11th grades. Trend data are now only available for 9th graders, and only for survey questions that did not change. Most schools elect to participate in the survey; in 2013, this included 84% of public schools in Minnesota.

Although the data are not presented here, the survey is also administered to area learning centers, juvenile correction facilities and private schools electing to participate.

Sponsored by: Minnesota Department of Education

Geographic Level: State, Region, and County

Aggregated data at the state and county level do not reveal disparities that may exist within a given geographic area.

Frequency: Data collected and reported every three years

Characteristics: The results of the MSS are also available at a county level. Data Privacy requirements mandate that data is presented in a manner such that no individual student can be identified through the presentation of the results. As part of the Data Privacy practices, the results are also presented in a manner that no individual school district could be identified through the results. Therefore, for counties that have only one school district, the results are not presented. Results are also withheld for counties in which the minimum number for student participation was not met.

The MSS is a “census” of schools, not a sample. The school districts get their own data. Fifth-graders were not asked all substance use questions. Some school districts do not participate, and student participation within the school district can vary widely. These data are self-reported.