Table 1.
Year | Current smokers | Number of cigarettes per day | Male | Age | White | Less than high school | High school dropout | High school graduates | Two year college | College graduate or above | Sample size |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1944 | 0.49 | 17.49 | 0.58 | 46.71 | 0.80 | 0.44 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 3261 |
1949 | 0.46 | 17.81 | 0.50 | 43.30 | 0.92 | 0.31 | 0.22 | 0.27 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 1354 |
1954 | 0.44 | 19.72 | 0.50 | 42.54 | 0.94 | 0.32 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 1370 |
1957 | 0.40 | N/A | 0.48 | 44.87 | 0.89 | 0.34 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 1499 |
1969 | 0.41 | 17.74 | 0.50 | 45.41 | 0.89 | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.33 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 1469 |
1971 | 0.43 | N/A | 0.48 | 44.22 | 0.90 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.33 | 0.19 | 0.12 | 1451 |
1972 | 0.42 | N/A | 0.48 | 44.76 | 0.89 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.32 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 1531 |
1977 | 0.38 | 21.27 | 0.49 | 44.22 | 0.87 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.33 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 1484 |
1981 | 0.35 | 20.20 | 0.50 | 45.12 | 0.87 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.33 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 1513 |
1986 | 0.30 | 19.09 | 0.50 | 41.40 | 0.87 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.36 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 1004 |
1987 | 0.30 | 17.07 | 0.50 | 43.21 | 0.86 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.35 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 1003 |
1988 | 0.30 | 18.83 | 0.50 | 43.53 | 0.91 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.34 | 0.26 | 0.29 | 996 |
1990 | 0.25 | 16.49 | 0.50 | 44.58 | 0.87 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 1213 |
1991 | 0.27 | 16.90 | 0.51 | 45.06 | 0.88 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.33 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 996 |
1994 | 0.26 | 16.99 | 0.51 | 44.41 | 0.82 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.35 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 997 |
1996 | 0.26 | 17.18 | 0.51 | 44.56 | 0.82 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.32 | 994 |
1997 | 0.26 | 17.40 | 0.49 | 44.98 | 0.78 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.32 | 1015 |
1999 | 0.22 | 14.51 | 0.48 | 45.88 | 0.82 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.37 | 997 |
2000 | 0.23 | 14.02 | 0.48 | 46.62 | 0.83 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.38 | 1024 |
2001 | 0.26 | 14.57 | 0.47 | 47.27 | 0.83 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.30 | 0.27 | 0.35 | 1033 |
2002 | 0.21 | 16.08 | 0.49 | 47.01 | 0.83 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.37 | 1003 |
2003 | 0.22 | 15.17 | 0.46 | 47.99 | 0.87 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.40 | 1002 |
2004 | 0.22 | 15.88 | 0.48 | 50.24 | 0.86 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.26 | 0.30 | 0.38 | 997 |