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. 2008 Mar 4;98(8):1475–1481. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604250

Table 2. For each twin type, percentage of current smokers at each survey wave and percentage with any smokers among their friends by smoking status, at each survey wave (base: individual twins).

  Twin type
 
  MZ DZS DZO Total
Current smokers
 Wave 1 (%) 12 14 17 14
 Wave 2 (%) 20 25 26 23
 Wave 3 (%) 26 31 31 29
 Wave 4 (%) 19 21 24 20
         
Any smokers among friends
Wave 1        
 Non-smokers (%) 24 30 27 26
 Current smokers (%) 90 94 84 90
 Total (%) 32 39 37 35
         
Wave 2        
 Non-smokers (%) 46 43 48 46
 Current smokers (%) 93 91 91 92
 Total (%) 56 54 59 56
         
Wave 3        
 Non-smokers (%) 51 49 49 50
 Current smokers (%) 90 88 86 88
 Total (%) 61 61 61 61
         
Wave 4        
 Non-smokers (%) 44 47 45 45
 Current smokers (%) 90 91 92 91
 Total (%) 53 56 56 54

DZO=opposite-sex dizygotic or fraternal twins; DZS=same-sex dizygotic or fraternal twins; MZ=monozygotic or identical twins.