1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

Table 31. Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Cigarettes, by Detailed Age Categories:  1997 and 1998  

	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
Age Group	1997	1998	1997	1998	1997	1998
Total	70.5	69.7	32.7a	30.6	29.6a	27.7
12-17 Years Old	38.7b	35.8	26.4a	23.8	19.9	18.2
12-13	19.9	16.8	13.3	11.4	9.7	8.0
14-15	39.4	37.2	26.9	24.6	19.5	18.2
16-17	56.3	54.5	38.8	36.0	30.3	29.3
18-25 Years Old	67.7	68.8	45.9	47.1	40.6	41.6
18-20	65.0	66.2	47.7	48.3	41.1	43.1
21-25	69.6	70.7	44.6	46.3	40.3	40.6
26-34 Years Old	72.8	71.8	37.7	36.6	33.7	32.5
26-29	70.6	69.6	37.5	37.7	33.7	33.1
30-34	74.5	73.7	37.8	35.6	33.6	32.0
35 Years and Older	76.0	75.2	29.7b	26.7	27.9b	25.1
35-39	74.8	74.1	37.2	34.2	34.9	32.8
40-44	80.5	77.2	37.2	31.4	34.2	29.0
45-49	77.2	78.5	30.6	31.0	29.4	29.8
>50	74.8	74.1	24.7	21.8	23.4a	20.2

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

^aDifference between 1997 and 1998 is statistically significant at the .05 level.

^bDifference between 1997 and 1998 is statistically significant at the .01 level.

Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1997 and 1998.

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