Chapter 2 Demographics of tobacco use

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The 1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse was released by the U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services. Based on interviews with 25,500 people,

it is one of the most carefully conducted surveys in the nation. 60 million Americans, or

27.7% of the population age 12 and older, were current cigarette smokers in 1998, a

decrease from 29.6% a year earlier. This included 29.7% of men and 25.7% of

women. The highest rates were in young adults ages 18 to 25, 41.6%, a significant

increase from 34.6% in this age group in 1994. 18.2% of youth ages 12 to 17 (18.7%

of boys and 17.7% of girls) were current smokers, a total of 4.1 million and a rate

similar to the 18.9% in 1994. Levels of education were correlated with smoking rates;

50% of adults ages 26 to 34 who had not completed high school smoked, while only

15% of college graduates in this group smoked.

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The American Lung Association estimates that there are 47 million smokers and 46

million former smokers in the United States.

Contra Costa Times, January 4, 2000

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In 1997, 48 million American adults (24.7%) were current smokers. Prevalence was

highest in the age group 18 to 24 years (28.7%) and 25 to 44 years (28.6%). The

prevalence was highest among persons with less than a higher school education

(35.4%, and lowest among college graduates (11.6%). 33.3% of persons living below

the poverty level were smokers. An estimated 44.3 million adults were former

smokers.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, November 5, 1999, p. 994

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Cigarettes manufactured in the United States increased from 4 billion in 1900 to 720

billion (estimated) in 2000.

US News and World Report, December 27, 1999, p. 44

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