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Cigarette Use Among Americans by Characteristics, 2004

	Time Period
Characteristic	Lifetime	Past year	Past month
Age
12–17	29.2%	18.4%	11.9%
18–25	68.7	47.5	39.5
26 or older	72.3	27.3	24.1
Gender
Male	72.4	32.5	27.7
Female	62.4	25.9	22.3
Hispanic origin and race
Not Hispanic	69.4	29.4	25.4
White	73.0	30.4	26.4
African American	56.6%	27.4%	23.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native	77.2	37.1	31.0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)
Asian	43.5	13.4	10.3
Two or more races	74.1	43.0	38.3
Hispanic or Latino	52.9	26.8	21.3
Total	67.3	29.1	24.9

1. Low precision; no estimate reported.

Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004. Web: www.oas.samhsa.gov.

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