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Cigarette Use Among Americans by
Characteristics, 2007
| |
Time Period |
| Characteristic |
Lifetime |
Past year |
Past month |
|
Age
|
|
|
|
| 12–17 |
23.7% |
15.7% |
9.8% |
| 18–25 |
64.7 |
45.1 |
36.2 |
| 26 or older |
71.7 |
27.3 |
24.1 |
|
Gender
|
|
|
|
| Male |
70.4 |
31.8 |
27.1 |
| Female |
60.5 |
25.3 |
21.5 |
|
Hispanic origin and race
|
| Not Hispanic |
67.5 |
29.0 |
24.8 |
| White |
71.8 |
29.9 |
25.6 |
| African American |
53.3% |
26.9% |
23.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska
Native |
72.2 |
41.4 |
34.4 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific
Islander |
(1) |
(1) |
(1) |
| Asian |
38.6 |
17.5 |
14.2 |
| Two or more races |
65.6 |
33.4 |
29.9 |
| Hispanic or Latino |
51.2 |
25.4 |
20.5 |
|
Total
|
65.3
|
28.5
|
24.2
|
1. Low precision; no estimate
reported.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies,
National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2006 and 2007. Web:
www.oas.samhsa.gov.
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson
Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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