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~ ALSOHOL 8 DRUG ABUSE ID~808-586-4016 JUL 01'97 13 58 No .015 P.05 llte key predictors of drug uss deWled in the:wdy aze age of onset, peer influattcos, exposure to suhrianes uu among famUtats, perceptions of drug avsiUbOity, ethnic backgroutd, and the alucuional ambhbas of uudwMs. • Onset of alcohol sod robacoo use by Hawaii srodeota is over 10% by grade four and approximately SO% by grade fight. • $eeoming a regular cigaretto smoker at an early age is a particularly powerful predictor of subsequent drug use. Nearly one nut of ilvo (19.4%) Hswaii eighth grader are or havo hem regular cigaretto smoker. The perception that alcohol, cigazauos, and other drugs an harmllil Ltcreasal ruMhntially since 1993. However, drug use continues to increase. • At ail grade lauds, exposure ro relatives and/or friends who use tnbarco ud doohol sra related to ?ifetimo and thirty-day prevalence reports of students' own tobacco. alcohol, and marijuana uee. Student perceptions of availability of drugs are likewixo reload to uss Marijuana is seen u fairly euy ro ga by the majority of tenth (Nt%) and twdflh grader (12%). 11te majority of eighth (74%), tenth (g7%), and twelfth (92%) graders report thrt alcohol is fairly aay ro get. • Nearly ondthird of sixth graders, ti7% of eighth graders, g3% of tenth graders, and 907E of twdtth graders say that ciguettes are euy ro get. Patterns of elwiwl, illicit drug, and tobacco use vary somewhat by ethnicity and gander. • Hawaiian and Caucasian students report the highest drug ore; Chinese students report thn lout. Hawaiian, Cwsaaian, and Filipino studenu report the highoct alcohol and tobacco use. • By the twelfth grads, !tS% of Japanetie students use tobacco daily oontpared to 17% of Cwcuian, 13% of Hawaiian, 127x, of Fi?ipino, and 77i of Chinese sludettts. • Sac diffcrent:ea in lifetime prevalence of tobatxo, alcdtol, and other drug use an mininW. However, daily use of alcohol u higher for males while regular use of tobacco is higher among females. F.ducatiood ambitions an related ro cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana use. Thirty-0ay and daily prevslcaee o[ soy illicit drug and bthacco is twice u high far non-coliega~bamd u college-bound studwNa. SOURCES OF ALCOHOL, DAUGS, AND TOBACCO Youth report that friends aro the roost frequent sources of tobacco, dcohul, and drop, although largo numbers are able to obtain alcohol and tobacco themselves at store. • A large proportion of eighth, tenth, and twelfth graders are able to buy tobatxo for themaelver. 4