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. 2012 Feb 7;14(8):970–976. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntr322

Table 2.

Conditional Probabilities of Tobacco Use, by Class

Frequent current smokers Light current smokers Former smokers Nonsmokers
Class prevalence (%) 5.4 6.1 19.3 69.2
Ever tried cigarettes (1 or 2 puffs)
    No 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.723
    Yes 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.277
Age at initiation
    Never smoked a whole cigarette 0.000 0.012 0.000 1.000
    8 or 10 years old 0.295 0.101 0.232 0.000
    11 or 12 years old 0.168 0.119 0.222 0.000
    13 or 14 years old 0.237 0.387 0.324 0.000
    15, 16, or 17 or years older 0.300 0.381 0.222 0.000
During the days that you smoked, how many cigarettes did you smoke per day (during the past 30 days)?
    Did not smoke cigarettes during the past 30 days 0.000 0.000 1.000 1.000
    Less than 1–1 per day 0.033 0.741 0.000 0.000
    2–5 cigarettes/day 0.625 0.259 0.000 0.000
    6 to more than 20 cigarettes/day 0.342 0.000 0.000 0.000
How many days did you smoke cigarettes, during the past 30 days?
    0 days 0.000 0.000 1.000 1.000
    1 or 2 days 0.000 0.541 0.000 0.000
    3 to 19 days 0.265 0.443 0.000 0.000
    20 to all 30 days 0.735 0.016 0.000 0.000
Ever smoked daily? (consecutively for at least 30 days)
    No 0.188 0.861 0.956 1.000
    Yes 0.812 0.139 0.044 0.000