TABLE 3—

Changes in Smoking Status From Baseline to 1-Year Follow-Up, by Educational Background: Minnesota HealthPartners Enrollees, 2004–2005

	Education Group
	High School or Less	2-Year Collegea	4-Year Collegeb
Status at follow-up of baseline current smokers,c* %
Total	127	164	195
Current smokerd	86.6	84.2	76.9
Former smokerd	13.4	15.9	23.1
Status at follow-up of baseline current daily smokers,* %
Total	102	100	89
Daily smoker	83.3	74.0	61.8
Smokes some days	7.8	16.0	22.5
Former smokerd	8.8	10.0	15.7
Status at follow-up of baseline former smokers,e %
Total	31	52	91
Current smokerd	16.1	21.2	19.8
Former smokerd	83.9	78.9	80.2

^aThe 2-year college group included those respondents who had completed at least some post–high school technical education but were not currently enrolled in any school and those that were enrolled in a 2-year college.

^bThe 4-year college group included those respondents who had were enrolled in a 4-year college or university and those who had a college degree and were not currently enrolled in any school.

^cAfter removal from analyses of respondents who reported that they were nonsmokers or infrequent smokers at follow-up.

^dCurrent smokers were those respondents who had smoked 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and smoked every day or some days; former smokers had smoked 100 cigarettes in their lifetime but none in the past month.

^eNonsmokers at follow-up were pooled with former smokers.

* P < .05 (Pearson χ² comparisons across columns).