Media Relations
Wednesday,
November 1,
2006
Indiana Prevention Resource Center
Drug use by Indiana sixth through 12th graders continues to decline but findings from the 19th Annual Survey of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use by Indiana Children and Adolescents, conducted by the Indiana Prevention Resource Center at Indiana University Bloomington and funded by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration's Division of Mental Health and Addiction, also pointed to an increase in marijuana use.
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Sales of tobacco products to Indiana youth assisting with the Tobacco Retailer Inspection Program hit an all-time low last year with sales occuring during just 7.2 percent of more than 8,000 inspections, reversing the slight increase seen the previous year.
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Efforts to reduce tobacco sales to minors in Indiana lost ground slightly last year, returning to the 2005 rate of 12.7 percent and ending six consecutive years of reduced sales, according to the latest data from the Tobacco Retailer Inspection Program.
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Tobacco sales to minors in Indiana dropped for the sixth year in a row, according to the latest data from the Tobacco Retailer Inspection Program, a joint venture of the Indiana Prevention Resource Center at Indiana University and the Indiana State Excise Police. When TRIP first began, 40 percent of retailers sold tobacco to minors. That number has dropped each year and is now down to 10.5 percent.
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Living Well for May offers tips for interesting children-themed gardens, reducing the risk of drug and alcohol use for children and teens during the summer, and where to begin when a child is diagnosed with autism.
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Living Well for September discusses athletes' vision concerns, baby boomers strength training, a 'making friends' primer and adolescents' use of steroids.
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