Table 1.

Socio-demographic and smoking characteristics of the older adults in Uberaba, Brazil

Variables	Smoker		Past smoker		Never smoker		Total
	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)
Sex
Male	53	15.2	188	53.9	108	30.9	349	35.6
Female	69	10.9	132	20.9	430	68.1	631	64.4
Age group
60 to 69 years	56	19.8	77	27.2	150	53.0	283	28.9
70 to 79 years	47	9.6	170	34.7	273	55.7	490	50.0
80 years or more	19	9.2	73	35.3	115	55.6	207	21.1
Education (years of schooling)
Illiterate	32	15.1	68	32.1	112	52.8	212	21.7
1 to 4 years	63	11.5	193	35.2	293	53.4	549	56.1
5 or more	27	12.4	58	26.6	133	61.0	218	22.3
Health conditions
0–4	56	14.1	137	34.5	204	51.4	397	40.6
5 or more	66	11.3	183	31.4	333	57.2	582	59.5
Nicotine dependence
Very low/Low	69	56.6	–	–	–	–	–	–
Medium	24	19.7	–	–	–	–	–	–
High/Very high	29	23.8	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cigarette consumption
Cigarettes / day	122	12.7, 10.7	320	18.5, 15.4	–	–	–	–
Time of exposure to tobacco (in years)	122	49.5, 15.0	320	27.8, 16.8	–	–	–	–
Time since stopped smoking (in years)	–	–	320	24.0 14.71	–	–	–	–