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Legend Colors
Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.
Compared to Distribution
the value is in the best half of communities.
the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.
the value is in the worst quarter of communities.
Compared to Target
meets target; 
does not meet target.
Compared to a Single Value
lower than the comparison value;
higher than the comparison value;
not statistically different from comparison value.
Trend
non-significant change over time; 
significant change over time; 
no change over time.
Compared to Prior Value
higher than the previous measurement period;
lower than the previous measurement period;
no statistically different change from previous measurement period.
Significantly better than the overall value
Significantly worse than the overall value
No significant difference with the overall value
No data on significance available
High School Students who Obtain their Own Electronic Vapor Products by Buying Them in a Store
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This indicator shows the percentage of high school students under 18 years of age who currently use electronic vapor products who usually get their own products by buying them in a store.
Why is this important?
Health behavior patterns formed in adolescence play a crucial role in health throughout life. Those who start smoking young are more likely to have a long-term addiction to nicotine than people who start smoking later in life, putting them at greater risk for smoking-related illness and death. Tobacco use begins and is established primarily during adolescence; preventing adolescent tobacco use is critical to ending the tobacco epidemic in the United States.
9.8%
Source:
Virginia Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Measurement period: 2017
Maintained by: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute
Last update: May 2019
Measurement period: 2017
Maintained by: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute
Last update: May 2019
Filter(s) for this location: State: Virginia
Compared to
Data Source
- Virginia Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Maintained By: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute (Methodology)
Filed under: Health / Adolescent Health, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Health Behaviors, Teens