A majority of students have never used nicotine

Respondents were asked, "Have you used tobacco or nicotine delivery product(s) in the given time period?"

OVERALL
Overall
58.51%
17.53%
22.46%
1.51%
CLASS YEAR
2024
55.93%
14.69%
28.25%
1.13%
2025
51.94%
25.73%
21.36%
0.97%
2026
61.02%
14.24%
22.03%
2.71%
2027
65.15%
15.45%
18.18%
1.21%
FIRST GENERATION
No
56.23%
18.80%
23.69%
1.29%
Yes
68.49%
11.98%
17.06%
2.47%
With smaller sample sizes, the likelihood of misrepresenting certain groups in a cross tabulation increases. The Herald’s goal is to minimize the risk of representing any group inaccurately, so we omitted or combined certain populations from which we did not collect enough responses. n = 1008.
Chart: By Owen Dahlkamp and Kelvin JiangSource: The Herald's Spring 2024 PollCreated with Datawrapper