Table 2.

Frequency of smoking (number of days smoking in the last month) among current smokers* by school and gender

Number of days	Proportion (%)
	Middle Schools			High Schools
	Overall (n = 664)	Boys (n = 435)	Girls (n = 229)	Overall (n = 1,580)	Boys (n = 884)	Girls (n = 696)
1–2 days	34.7	31.1	41.3	15.8	13.5	18.6
3–5 days	11.2	8.9	15.5	10.7	9.5	12.1
6–9 days	9.2	8.8	9.8	7.2	6.4	8.3
10–19 days	9.7	9.7	9.7	8.3	8.3	8.3
20–29 days	5.7	5.7	5.6	9.6	9.8	9.3
Everyday	29.5	35.8	18.1	48.4	52.5	43.4

*Current smoking is defined as having smoked on 1 or more days of the past 30 days