Table 3.
Smoking status by age group and race/ethnicity/nativity, males (weighted percentages and 95% confidence intervals)
| Asian American |
Mexican American |
Other Hispanic |
Non-Hispanic black |
Non-Hispanic white |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Ages 15–24 (N) | 212 | 226 | 522 | 719 | 256 | 342 | 91 | 1,090 | 244 | 7,219 |
| Never smoker | 84.9 | 91.1 | 87.5 | 89.5 | 90.5 | 89.2 | 81.8 | 90.1 | 84.6 | 82.6 |
| (78.5, 89.7) | (85.7, 94.6) | (84.0, 90.3) | (86.8, 91.6) | (86.0, 93.6) | (85.0, 92.3) | (70.6, 89.4) | (87.8, 92.0) | (78.5, 89.2) | (81.6, 83.6) | |
| Former smoker | 4.1 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| (1.9, 8.6) | (0.3, 3.5) | (1.5, 4.8) | (2.2, 5.1) | (0.6, 4.2) | (0.9, 4.8) | (0.7, 11.2) | (0.9, 2.7) | (1.9, 8.5) | (4.0, 5.2) | |
| Light/intermittent smoker | 7.5 | 5.0 | 8.5 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 4.7 | 11.9 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| (4.3, 12.7) | (2.5, 9.8) | (6.2, 11.5) | (3.5, 7.0) | (4.5, 11.3) | (2.8, 7.8) | (6.0, 22.1) | (3.7, 6.8) | (3.2, 10.6) | (5.1, 6.3) | |
| Moderate/heavy smoker | 3.5 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 7.2 |
| (1.5, 7.7) | (1.3, 6.9) | (0.6, 2.8) | (1.3, 3.7) | (0.2, 3.4) | (2.2, 7.1) | (0.9, 12.5) | (2.3, 4.8) | (3.0, 9.7) | (6.5, 7.9) | |
| Ages 25–34 (N) | 411 | 121 | 821 | 441 | 395 | 222 | 107 | 718 | 332 | 6,594 |
| Never smoker | 79.4 | 71.6 | 79.8 | 75.9 | 84.1 | 73.3 | 86.0 | 74.0 | 67.1 | 62.0 |
| (74.7, 83.4) | (61.2, 80.1) | (76.7, 82.6) | (71.5, 79.9) | (79.7, 87.7) | (66.5, 79.2) | (77.0, 91.9) | (70.3, 77.5) | (61.3, 72.5) | (60.6, 63.4) | |
| Former smoker | 6.1 | 16.0 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 4.0 | 10.1 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 16.3 | 15.8 |
| (4.0, 9.2) | (9.8, 24.9) | (6.9, 11.0) | (6.6, 12.3) | (2.4, 6.6) | (6.5, 15.3) | (2.6, 14.0) | (4.8, 8.8) | (12.4, 21.2) | (14.8, 16.8) | |
| Light/intermittent smoker | 9.7 | 6.5 | 9.0 | 10.6 | 9.1 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 7.3 |
| (7.0, 13.3) | (2.7, 15.1) | (7.1, 11.3) | (7.9, 14.1) | (6.4, 12.9) | (4.3, 11.6) | (1.9, 11.4) | (8.6, 13.8) | (7.0, 14.3) | (6.6, 8.0) | |
| Moderate/heavy smoker | 4.9 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 9.5 | 3.1 | 8.6 | 6.5 | 15.0 |
| (3.0, 7.8) | (2.5, 13.4) | (1.5, 3.8) | (2.8, 6.9) | (1.5, 5.2) | (6.1, 14.6) | (1.0, 9.4) | (6.6, 11.1) | (4.1, 10.2) | (14.0, 16.0) | |
| Age difference in smoking distribution (p < 0.05) | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
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 in the corresponding age group (p < 0.05).