1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

Table 39. Percentages of Past Month Users of Cigarettes or Alcohol in the U.S. Population Aged 12 to 17 Reporting Past Month Use of Illicit Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco, by Levels of Past Month Cigarette and Alcohol Use:  1997 and 1998

	USE OF CIGARETTES OR ALCOHOL IN PAST MONTH
	Cigarette Use In Past Month				Level of Alcohol Use In Past Month
	Any Use		No Use		Heavy Use3		"Binge" Use But Not Heavy Use3		Use But Not "Binge" Use3		No Use
Drug	1997	1998	1997	1998	1997	1998	1997	1998	1997	1998	1997	1998
Any Illicit Drug1	42.8	39.1	3.6	3.4	73.6	68.5	60.2	52.1	30.5	29.7	3.4	2.9
Marijuana and Hashish	37.4	34.3	2.4	2.4	65.7	65.1	55.8	47.1	26.1	26.4	2.1	1.8
Cocaine	4.5	3.8	0.1	0.1	9.1	11.5	8.3	4.8	2.2	2.2	0.1	0.1
Crack	2.1	1.2	0.0	0.0	4.2	*	2.9	1.2	1.4a	0.2	0.0	0.0
Inhalants	6.9b	3.5	0.8	0.6	8.1	6.5	11.6	7.0	4.3a	1.4	0.9a	0.5
Hallucinogens	8.3	8.0	0.2	0.4	19.7	24.1	10.8	10.8	3.7	3.1	0.4	0.4
PCP	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.5	*	*	1.3	*	0.2	0.1	*
LSD	3.4	4.0	0.1	0.1	10.1	*	3.6	6.3	1.0	2.2	0.1	0.1
Heroin	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.0	*	*	2.7	*	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
Nonmedical Use of Any Psychotherapeutic2	7.4	6.3	0.8	0.7	15.6	*	10.8	6.9	4.5	3.3	0.7	0.9
Stimulants	2.2	2.4	0.2	0.2	5.1	3.2	5.4	3.2	0.6	1.2	0.1	0.2
Sedatives	0.2	0.8	0.1	0.1	*	0.9	*	*	0.3	*	0.0	0.2
Tranquilizers	2.2	1.2	0.1	0.1	6.4	*	2.9	2.5	1.7	*	0.1	0.1
Analgesics	4.5	4.6	0.6	0.6	10.0	*	5.3	5.2	3.0	2.1	0.6	0.7
Any Illicit Drug Other than Marijuana1	19.8a	14.9	1.6	1.5	36.0	30.6	28.2	19.1	11.7	8.6	1.7	1.5
Alcohol	59.8	55.8	10.7	10.9	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
"Binge" Alcohol Use3	33.0	30.9	2.4	2.7	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Heavy Alcohol Use3	13.7	12.7	0.6	0.8	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cigarettes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	84.7	76.7	72.1	67.4	46.6	42.9	10.1	10.0
Smokeless Tobacco	6.1a	3.7	0.9	0.7	12.5	8.4	7.3	3.8	2.9	2.4	1.0	0.5

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

N/A: Not applicable.

¹ Any Illicit Drug indicates use at least once of marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), inhalants, hallucinogens (including PCP and LSD), heroin, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically. Any Illicit Drug Other than Marijuana indicates use at least once of any of these listed drugs, regardless of marijuana/hashish use; marijuana/hashish users who also have used any of the other listed drugs are included.

² Nonmedical use of any prescription-type stimulant, sedative, tranquilizer, or analgesic; does not include over-the-counter-drugs.

³ "Binge" Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on at least one day in the past 30 days. By "occasion" is meant at the same time or within a couple hours of each other. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of five or more days in the past 30 days; all Heavy Alcohol Users are also "Binge" Alcohol Users.

^aDifference between 1997 and 1998 is statistically significant at the .05 level.

^bDifference between 1997 and 1998 is statistically significant at the .01 level.

Source: SAMHSA, Office Of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1997 and 1998.

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