1996
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Preliminary Results
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70617 (31B) PRELIMINARY DATA - AS OF JUNE 1997
Table 31.Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month
Use of Cigarettes, by Detailed Age Categories: 1995 and 1996
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TIME PERIOD
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Lifetime
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Past Year
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Past Month
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Age Group
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1995
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1996
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1995
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1996
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1995
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1996
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Total
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71.8
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71.6
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32.0
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32.3
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28.8
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28.9
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12-17 Years Old
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38.1
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36.3
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26.6
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24.2
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20.2
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18.3
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12-13
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20.2
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18.2
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13.6a
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10.1
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10.7a
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7.3
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14-15
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42.6a
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37.0
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29.2
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25.5
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20.5
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18.4
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16-17
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52.1
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52.5
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37.4
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36.1
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30.1
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28.4
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18-25 Years Old
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67.7
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68.5
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42.5
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44.7
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35.3a
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38.3
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18-20
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65.2
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64.3
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45.1
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44.8
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36.9
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39.2
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21-25
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69.2
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71.1
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41.0
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44.7
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34.4
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37.7
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26-34 Years Old
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75.8
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73.8
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38.4
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39.2
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34.7
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35.0
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26-29
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74.4
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72.2
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39.0
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41.5
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34.8
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36.1
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30-34
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76.8
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75.0
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38.0
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37.6
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34.5
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34.2
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35 Years and Older
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77.5
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77.8
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28.7
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29.1
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27.2
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27.0
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35-39
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77.0
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78.0
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41.0
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38.7
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38.6
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35.4
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40-44
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80.9
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79.5
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33.9
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39.1
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32.3
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36.1
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45-49
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80.9
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78.2
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31.2
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32.8
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29.4
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30.1
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>50
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75.9
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77.2
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22.5
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21.9
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21.3
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20.6
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*Low precision; no estimate reported.
aDifference between 1995 and 1996 is statistically significant
at the .05 level.
bDifference between 1995 and 1996 is statistically significant
at the .01 level.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey
on Drug Abuse, 1995 and 1996.
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