Table 2.
Current smoking status and smoking history at successive monthly periods after smoking onset (N=409)
| Current Smoker | Current Nonsmoker | ||||||
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| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | |||
| Number of months after smoking onset |
Never stopped % |
Stopped, resumed % |
Stopped in current period % |
Stopped did not resume % |
Stopped/ resumed/ stopped in current period % |
Total % |
Total N |
| 1- 6 months | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 100.0 | (409) |
| 7-12 months | 37.1 | -- | 62.9 | -- | -- | 100.0 | (391) |
| 13-18 months | 26.0 | 13.3 | 12.0 | 48.7 | -- | 100.0 | (375) |
| 19-24 months | 21.6 | 18.3 | 4.2 | 49.9 | 6.0 | 100.0 | (353) |
| 25-30 months | 18.4 | 22.6 | 2.2 | 46.9 | 9.9 | 100.0 | (322) |
| 31-36 months | 12.7 | 23.3 | 4.3 | 44.1 | 15.6 | 100.0 | (189) |
| 79-90 months | 20.2 | 39.6 | 3.3 | 26.4 | 10.5 | 100.0 | (362) |