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Both in men and in women smoking prevalence increased with age reaching its maximum values in the fourth decade of age - 70.5% and 12.0% respectively. Women after 40 practically don't smoke (about 3%) and this level remains practically constant until eighth decade of age. Smoking prevalence increases roughly from East to West and from South to North: maximum smoking prevalence smokers are in Far East (64.6%, 13.7% in males and females respectively), minimum - in the South regions (54.6% and 2.1% respectively).
Most often smokes males persons with medium educational level (69.%), especially graduated from technical schools (72. 1%) and the least prevalence is in men with high education (47.3%). Women with medium and high education smoke equally (8.0% and 9.3%) and more often than women with lower education.
Rural men smoke more often (62.9%) than those reside in capital cities (54.7%) probably due to higher education. Contrary women smoke more in towns and cities than in rural areas (8.3% versus 4.3%). The least frequent smoking habits (especially in women) prevail in Caucasus (Kabarda) due to ethnic and religion limitations and patriarch style of life.
The remarkable observation is: smoking prevalence in males does not depend from family income or family per capita income (age, region specific) whereas in females it has significantly U- shaped relationship: females with higher level of income (last decile of income distributions) smoke more often as women with lowest two deciles.
Smoking involvement in men remains practically constant for last 40 years and having tendency for slight decrease in last two decades while in women there are remarkable increase of smoking during the last decades (after the World War II).
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