Table 1.

Variable frequencies by race/ethnicity/nativity (weighted percentages and 95% confidence intervals)

	Asian American		Mexican American		Other Hispanic		Non-Hispanic black		Non-Hispanic white
	Foreign-born	U.S.-born	Foreign-born	U.S.-born	Foreign-born	U.S.-born	Foreign-born	U.S.-born	Foreign-born	U.S.-born
Age
15–24	30.6	63.8	37.0	58.4	36.6	60.7	41.6	56.6	41.9	52.7
25–34	69.4	36.2	63.1	41.6	63.4	39.3	58.4	43.4	58.1	47.3
Sex
Female	53.1	48.4	43.2	50.9	48.6	49.2	51.8	53.6	53.0	50.7
Male	46.9	51.6	56.8	49.1	51.4	50.8	48.2	46.4	47.0	49.3
Smoking status
Never smoker	88.9	88.3	88.6	85.8	89.3	83.2	90.5	86.1	79.8	73.2
	(86.9, 90.7)	(85.2, 90.1)	(87.1, 89.9)	(84.3, 87.2)	(87.3, 91.0)	80.7, 85.4)	(86.9, 93.3)	(84.8, 87.2)	(77.2, 82.2)	(72.6, 73.8)
Former smoker	3.4	5.4	4.4	5.5	3.1	5.3	2.5	3.2	9.4	9.7
	(2.5, 4.7)	(3.8, 7.8)	(3.6, 5.4)	(4.6, 6.6)	(2.2, 4.2)	(4.1, 6.9)	(1.3, 5.0)	(2.6, 3.8)	(7.7, 11.3)	(9.3, 10.1)
Light/intermittent smoker	5.2	4.1	5.8	6.1	6.3	6.3	5.4	6.2	6.1	6.4
	(4.0, 6.7)	(2.6, 6.3)	(4.9, 6.9)	(5.1, 7.1)	(5.0, 8.0)	(4.9, 8.0)	(3.4, 8.4)	(5.4, 7.1)	(4.8, 7.8)	(6.1, 6.7)
Moderate/heavy smoker	2.4	2.2	1.3	2.6	1.4	5.2	1.6	4.6	4.7	10.7
	(1.6, 3.6)	(1.2, 3.9)	(0.9, 1.9)	(2.0, 3.4)	(0.8, 2.3)	(4.0, 6.8)	(0.7, 3.8)	(3.9, 5.3)	(3.5, 6.2)	(10.3, 11.1)
N (unweighted)	1,354	711	2,511	2,472	1,345	1,210	460	4,253	1,240	28,646

Source: May and August 2006 Tobacco Use Supplement-Current Population Survey.

Note: Shaded entries indicate that the smoking status distribution of the race/ethnicity/nativity subpopulation is statistically different from that of U.S.-born non-Hispanic whites (p < 0.05).