Fewer South Dakota middle-schoolers trying nicotine, but more using it regularly

State’s kids less likely to try nicotine than U.S. peers, but more likely to pick cigarettes

Fewer South Dakota middle-schoolers are trying nicotine than they were two years ago, but slightly more of them are using it every day.

Nicotine use rates for Native American kids in grades six through eight are higher than they are for non-Natives, meanwhile, and South Dakota kids overall are slightly more likely on average than their peers elsewhere in the U.S. to use cigarettes.

The findings from…