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. 2008 Feb;98(2):304–309. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.106377

TABLE 1—

Overall and Age-Specific Adult Smoking Prevalence: United States, Current Population Survey, 1985–2003

Year Overall, % (95% CI) 18–24 y, % (95% CI) 25–39 y, % (95% CI) ≥40 y, % (95% CI)
1985 29.5 (29.1, 29.9) 33.7 (32.4, 35.1) 32.9 (32.2, 33.6) 26.3 (25.8, 26.9)
1989 26.3 (25.9, 26.7) 25.8 (24.6, 26.9) 30.0 (29.4, 30.7) 24.0 (23.5, 24.4)
1992/93 24.3 (24.1, 24.5) 25.7 (25.1, 26.4) 28.7 (28.3, 29.1) 21.3 (21.1, 21.6)
1995/96 23.4 (24.1, 24.5) 25.8 (25.1, 26.6) 27.2 (26.8, 27.6) 20.8 (20.5, 21.0)
1998/99 21.7 (21.5, 22.0) 26.0 (25.2, 26.8) 25.0 (24.6, 25.4) 19.3 (19.0, 19.6)
2000 21.5 (21.3, 21.8) 26.4 (25.5, 27.3) 24.7 (24.2, 25.1) 19.1 (18.8, 19.4)
2001/02 20.7 (20.5, 20.9) 26.0 (25.2, 26.8) 23.4 (23.0, 23.9) 18.5 (18.3, 18.8)
2003 18.6 (18.4, 18.8) 22.8 (22.1, 23.5) 20.6 (20.2, 21.0) 17.0 (16.7, 17.2)

Note. CI = confidence interval.

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