All | Never smoker | Current smoker | Former smoker | |
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Data are from the US Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, National Cancer Institute Sponsored Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey, 1992–1999. | ||||
The matched health sample refers to a roughly 1 of 6 random sub-sample for whom extended survey data on health status were available. | ||||
HS, high school; sp, spouse. | ||||
TUS sample | ||||
n (%) | 383778 (100) | 207924 (54) | 96266 (25) | 79588 (21) |
Absent in past week (%) | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
Female (%) | 43 | 47 | 40 | 36 |
Married–sp present (%) | 63 | 63 | 55 | 73 |
With child under 6 (%) | 20 | 22 | 19 | 17 |
Mean age (years) | 39 | 38 | 39 | 44 |
Age distribution (%) | ||||
Under 30 years | 22 | 26 | 23 | 10 |
30–50 years | 58 | 57 | 60 | 57 |
50 or more years | 20 | 17 | 17 | 33 |
Education (%) | ||||
Less than HS | 10 | 8 | 15 | 8 |
HS diploma | 34 | 30 | 44 | 33 |
Less than college | 28 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
College degree | 29 | 35 | 14 | 30 |
Race/ethnicity (%) | ||||
White | 80 | 76 | 83 | 87 |
Black | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
Hispanic | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
Other race | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Occupation type (%) | ||||
White collar | 60 | 65 | 48 | 63 |
Service occupation | 10 | 10 | 13 | 8 |
Blue collar | 27 | 22 | 37 | 27 |
Armed forces | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Matched health sample | ||||
n (%) | 71824 (100) | 40055 (56) | 17122 (24) | 14647 (20) |
Health status (%) | ||||
Poor/fair | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
Good/very good | 59 | 56 | 66 | 60 |
Excellent | 36 | 39 | 27 | 35 |
Disabled | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |