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Number (in millions) of adults 18 years and older who were current, former, or never smokers@, overall and by sex, race, Hispanic origin, age, and education, National Health Interview Surveys, selected years—United States, 1965-2000

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  1965 1970 1974 1979 1983 1988 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000
Smoking Status Total population 
Current   50.1 48.1 48.9 51.1 53.5 49.4 48.4 46.4 48.0 47.0 48.0 47.2 46.5 46.5

Former  

16.0 23.8 25.8 32.5 36.2 41.8 42.8 45.6 46.0 44.3 44.3 44.8 45.7 44.3

Never  

52.0 56.8 57.3 68.9 76.8 84.5 91.6 93.7 93.9 98.8 101.6 103.8 105.8 109.1
Sex
Male

Current  

28.9 26.4 25.8 26.9 27.6 25.6 25.0 24.5 25.3 24.5 25.7 24.8 24.3 24.6

Former  

11.0 15.8 16.6 20.4 22.2 24.6 25.1 26.5 26.3 25.0 25.1 25.7 25.8 24.7
Never   15.8 17.8 17.5 24.5 28.8 33.0 37.1 37.5 38.0 41.3 42.2 43.3 44.5 46.4
Female 
Current   21.1 21.6 23.1 24.1 25.9 23.7 23.5 21.9 22.7 22.4 22.3 22.4 22.2 21.9
Former   5.0 8.0 9.1 12.1 14.0 17.1 17.7 19.2 19.6 19.3 19.2 19.1 19.9 19.7
Never   36.2 39.0 39.8 44.4 48.0 51.5 54.5 56.2 55.9 57.5 59.4 60.4 61.4 62.7
Race
White 
Current   44.6 42.6 42.7 44.6 46.2 41.9 41.3 39.1 40.6 39.7 40.0 39.6 38.7 38.6
Former   15.0 22.3 24.1 29.9 33.1 38.1 38.6 41.0 41.6 40.0 39.7 40.0 40.6 39.2
Never   46.4 50.1 50.5 59.5 65.8 70.8 75.4 76.7 76.2 80.6 81.9 82.6 84.1 85.4

Black 

Current   5.0 5.1 5.8 5.8 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.5 5.8 5.5 5.9 5.4 5.4 5.3
Former   0.9 1.3 1.4 2.2 2.5 2.9 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.2
Never   5.0 5.9 6.0 7.8 8.9 10.3 11.6 12.2 12.5 12.8 13.0 13.6 13.5 14.3
Hispanic origin

Hispanic

Current   NA NA NA 2.7 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.9
Former   NA NA NA 1.6 1.6 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.9 2.8 3.2 3.0 2.9
Never   NA NA NA 4.9 6.0 6.8 8.5 9.0 10.3 11.5 12.4 12.9 13.6 14.2

Non-Hispanic 

Current   NA NA NA 48.1 50.6 46.4 45.5 43.3 44.7 43.6 44.1 43.4 42.9 42.6
Former   NA NA NA 30.8 34.5  39.4 40.4 43.0 43.2 41.4 41.4 41.7 42.7 41.4
Never   NA NA NA 63.6 70.4 77.4  82.7 84.4 83.2 87.0 89.3 90.8 92.2 95.0
  1965 1970 1974 1979 1983 1988 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000
Age (years)

18-24 

Current   8.0 8.3 8.8 9.6 9.8 6.6 6.4 6.2 6.9 6.2 7.1 7.0 7.2 7.0
Former   1.2 2.0 2.2 2.9 2.6 2.4 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.1 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.0
Never   8.4 11.6 12.3 15.3 16.1 16.5 16.3 16.0 16.3 16.5 15.9 16.1 16.6 17.3

25-44

Current   23.1 20.8 21.5 22.7 24.7 25.3 24.8 23.7 24.7 23.6 23.7 22.6 22.4 22.0
Former   6.1 8.8 8.9 11.4 12.9 14.7 14.6 15.1 14.9 14.5 13.2 12.9 12.6 11.7
Never   15.9 17.1 17.9 24.2 30.4 36.7 41.2 42.3 42.6 44.5 45.9 46.8 47.0 47.6

45-64

Current   15.9 15.9 15.2 15.0 14.7 13.3 13.1 12.9 12.7 13.1 13.3 14.1 13.6 14.4
Former   6.1 8.9 10.0 11.7 12.7 14.9 15.6 16.9 17.0 15.9 17.0 17.0 18.0 18.0
Never   16.1 16.3 15.1 16.4 16.7 17.0 19.2 19.9 20.2 22.4 24.2 25.2 26.6 27.7

>65

Current   3.1 3.0 3.5 3.8 4.3 4.2 4.2 3.7 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.1
Former   2.6 4.0 4.7 6.4 7.9 9.8 11.1 11.9 12.3 11.8 12.3 12.9 13.1 12.6
Never   11.6 11.8 12.0 13.1 13.6 14.3 15.0 15.5 14.8 15.4 15.7 15.6 15.7 16.7

Education* (years)

<12

Current   NA 17.8 16.4 14.0 13.2 11.1 10.0 9.2 9.9 9.3 9.5 9.1 8.4 8.4
Former   NA 8.8 8.6 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.7 8.3 8.1 7.8 8.0 7.7 7.4 7.5
Never   NA 20.8 18.3 16.8 16.1 14.0 13.7 13.3 13.0 13.6 14.6 13.5 13.9 14.0

12

Current   NA 13.7 14.3 16.0 17.8 18.5 18.4 17.6 17.5 17.6 15.1 14.9 14.3 15.2
Former   NA 6.9 7.7 10.3 12.0 14.2 14.8 16.2 15.4 14.8 12.6 12.8 13.0 12.4
Never   NA 14.3 14.9 19.0 21.1 24.0 25.6 26.7 25.7 27.4 23.0 24.0 24.2 24.9

13-15

Current   NA 4.4 5.1 6.4 7.2 7.9 8.0 8.4 8.8 8.0 11.3 11.1 11.4 10.5
Former   NA 2.5 3.3 4.5 5.6 7.6 8.6 9.5 9.6 9.2 11.7 11.7 12.0 11.6
Never   NA 4.4 5.1 7.3 9.6 12.6 14.6 15.7 15.8 16.7 22.0 22.4 23.2 24.1

>16

Current   NA 3.4 4.0 4.7 5.3 5.1 5.6 4.9 4.6 5.6 4.7 4.8 5.0 5.0
Former   NA 3.3 3.9 5.5 6.8 8.8 9.0 9.8 10.6 10.4 9.9 10.4 10.9 10.4
Never   NA 5.1 6.0 9.6 13.6 17.3 21.2 21.7 22.6 24.3 25.6 27.0 27.3 28.2
 

@ Prior to 1992, current smokers reported smoking >100 cigarettes and currently smoked. Since 1992, current smokers reported smoking >100 cigarettes and currently smoked every day or some days. Former smokers reported that they had smoked >100 and did not currently smoke. Never smokers reported that they had smoked <100 cigarettes.* Data on education are presented for persons greater than or equal to 25 years of age.

Source: National Health Interview Surveys: 1965, 1970, 1974, 1979, 1983, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000. Note: For any year, 95% confidence intervals do not exceed 1.8 million for the total population,  1.4 million for men, 1.5 million for women, 2.0 million for whites, 1.6 million for blacks, 1.5  million for Hispanics, 2.1 million for non-Hispanics, 1.2 million for persons aged 18-24 years, 1.4 million for persons aged 25-44 years, 0.9 million for persons aged 45-64 years, 1.1 million for persons aged greater than or equal to 65 years, 1.4 million for <12 years of education, 1.1 million for 12 years of education, 0.8 million for 13-15 years of education, and 1.0 million for greater than or equal to 16 years of education. For any year, the percent of persons for whom smoking status was unavailable does not exceed 5.8% for the total population, 8.9% for men, 3.0% for women, 5.6% for whites, 7.2% for blacks, 4.2% for Hispanics, 3.0% for non-Hispanics, 7.4% for persons aged 18-24 years, 6.0% for persons aged 25-44 years, 6.1% for persons aged 45-64 years, 3.4% for persons aged greater than or equal to 65 years, 4.1% for <12 years of education, 5.3% for 12 years of education. 5.8% for 13-15 years of education, and 7.1% for greater than or equal to 16 years of education.

Source: Updated table, Surveillance for Selected Tobacco-Use Behaviors—United States, 1900-1995

 


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