청소년의 현재 흡연율 추이, 2007-2018

Trends in prevalence of current smoking among Korean adolescents, 2007-2018

[정의] 현재 흡연율 : 최근 30일 동안 1일 이상 흡연한 사람의 분율

우리나라 청소년의 현재 흡연율은 2007년 13.3%에서 2018년 6.7%로 6.6%p 감소하였음. 2018년 기준 남학생은 9.4%, 여학생은 3.7%로 남학생의 흡연율이 2.5배 더 높았으며(그림 A), 중학생(3.0%) 보다 고등학생(9.8%)이 3.3배 더 높은 흡연율을 보였음(그림 B).

The prevalence of current smoking among adolescents in Korea dropped 6.6 percentage point (%p), from 13.3% in 2007 to 6.7% in 2018. The 2018 data indicated that the prevalence of current smoking was 2.5 folds higher among schoolboys (9.4%) than among schoolgirls (3.7%) (Figure A), and 3.3 folds higher among high school students (9.8%) than among middle school students (3.0%) (Figure B).



Source: The Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey (KYRBS), http://www.kdca.go.kr/yhs
*The Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey is a national school-based survey to assess the prevalence of and monitor trends in health-risk behaviors among Korean adolescents.

Reported by: Division of Chronic Disease Control, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention