about the project

The California Student Tobacco Survey (CSTS), funded by the California Tobacco Control Program of the California Department of Public Health, has been conducted biennially by WestEd in classrooms statewide since 2001.

The CSTS is a large-scale, in-school student survey administered to middle (grades 6-8) and high school (grades 9-12) students.

The survey asks students about tobacco-use behavior, beliefs about the health consequences of using tobacco (e.g., cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, bidis, kreteks), exposure to tobacco education in schools, and exposure to tobacco advertising.

Instruments

The California Student Tobacco Survey

• English (pdf)
• Spanish (pdf)

Consent Forms

Parental consent is required for participation. For a copy of the parental consent form, please contact Barbara J. Dietsch at bdietsc@wested.org or 562.799.5126.

School-site Contact Information

• Survey Guidelines (pdf)
• Teacher Letter (pdf)
• Participation Log (pdf)
• Teacher Survey (pdf)
• Active Consent Return Form (pdf)

Reports

To view or download any of the following CSTS reports, click on the report titles below:

• Evaluation of the In-School Tobacco Use Prevention Education Program (2005/2006) (pdf). This report summarizes the 2005-2006 In-School Evaluation of Tobacco Use Prevention Education Programs, which was conducted to fulfill the enabling legislation requirements of Proposition 99 (Assembly Bills 75, 99, 816, and Senate Bill 391).
• Evaluation of the In-School Tobacco Use Prevention Education Program (2003/2004) (pdf). This report summarizes the 2003-2004 In-School Evaluation of Tobacco Use Prevention Education Programs, which was conducted to fulfill the legislation requirements of Proposition 99 (Assembly Bills 75, 99, 816, and Senate Bill 391).
• Evaluation of the In-School Tobacco Use Prevention Education Program (2001/2002) (pdf). The 2001-2002 In-School Evaluation of Tobacco Use Prevention Education Programs was conducted to fulfill the legislation requirements of Proposition 99 (Assembly Bills 75, 99, 816, and Senate Bill 391).