Table 2.
Prevalence of Different Definitions of TTFC by MD and HS Status in 1996
| TTFC definitions (min) | Not MD, not HS, % 95% CI | Not MD, HS, % 95% CI | MD, not HS, % 95% CI | MD, HS, % 95% CI |
| ≤5 | 11.0 (8.9–13.0) | 34.7 (31.3–38.1) | 24.6 (15.9–33.2) | 58.3 (45.0–71.6) |
| 6–30 | 31.0 (28.0–34.1) | 42.8 (39.5–46.1) | 27.9 (18.1–37.7) | 31.2 (20.0–42.4) |
| 31–60 | 21.5 (19.2–23.8) | 16.4 (13.9–18.9) | 20.7 (12.6–28.8) | 6.9 (1.4–12.3) |
| >60 | 36.5 (33.4–39.5) | 6.0 (4.4–7.7) | 26.9 (17.6–36.1) | 3.6 (2.7–6.9) |
Note. HS status is based on smoking 20 or more cigarettes per day; HS = heavy smoking; MD = major depression; TTFC = time to first cigarette.