2009 data tables and figures are now available. Each year since 1975, Monitoring the Future has surveyed a nationwide sample of high school seniors. Since 1991, the project has also included nationwide samples of 8th and 10th grade students. In addition, annual follow-up surveys are mailed to a sample of each graduating class for a number of years after their initial participation.

        • New 2009 Data - Drug Trends

          • Teen marijuana use tilts up, while some drugs decline in use: Data tables and figures are now available.

        • New 2009 Data - Tobacco Trends

          • Smoking continues gradual decline among U.S. teens, smokeless tobacco threatens a comeback: Data tables and figures are now available.

        • Cigarette Brand Preferences of American Teens

          • Data tables and figures are available detailing the cigarette brand preferences of American teens. Just three cigarette brands account for nearly all teen smoking, and one brand predominates.



        Many tables and figures located on this Web site are in PDF and can be viewed and printed using the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader (Version 6 or higher). You may download a free copy of Acrobat Reader at the Adobe Web site.



      Publicly available Monitoring the Future microdata from the cross-sectional in-school surveys may be obtained through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA), a part of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).


      SAMHDA/ICPSR
      The University of Michigan
      P.O. Box 1248
      Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248
      http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/SAMHDA.

      Note that these data sets have had all personal indentifiers removed, and other information that might be used to impute identities has been either altered or removed altogether to protect study respondents.



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