According to the 1999 Youth Risk Behavior Survey almost two-thirds of Vermont students reported smoking at least once in the past 30 days. Smack, junk, horse, china white, chiva, H, tar, black, fix, speed-balling, dope, brown, dog, food, negra, nod, white horse, and stuff. Through advertising and promotion, the tobacco industry targets 500,000 new smokers a year. The tobacco industry is the fifth largest advertiser in the print media, including magazines and newspapers. Most teenagers do not use marijuana.
Alcohol use is the number one drug problem among young people.
In the 1999 Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey, what percent of students who drank during the past 30 days reported they obtained alcohol by someone giving it to them. In the 1999 Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey for students in northern Caledonia and southern Essex counties region, what percent of students surveyed reported they were offered, sold, or given an illegal drug on school property during the past 12 months. Alcohol and tobacco kill more than 50 times then number of people killed by cocaine, heroin, and every other illegal drug combined.