Percentage reporting past month cigarette use in the US population of females aged 15–44 years by pregnancy status and demographic characteristics: annual averages based on 1994, 1995, and 1996 samples combined
| Demographic characteristics | Past month cigarette use | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pregnant | Not pregnant | ||
| Total | 20.6 | 31.9 | |
| Age | |||
| 15–24 years | 27.2 | 31.1 | |
| 26–44 years | 15.9 | 32.3 | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White non-Hispanic | 23.3 | 35.1 | |
| Black non-Hispanic | 20.9 | 29.0 | |
| Hispanic | 11.6 | 21.5 | |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 15.7 | 27.2 | |
| Not married | 32.5 | 36.8 | |
| Adult education | |||
| Less than high school | 44.0 | 49.1 | |
| High school graduate | 21.8 | 37.8 | |
| Some college | 13.3 | 30.6 | |
| College graduate | 7.4 | 17.2 | |
Source: Excerpted from Office of Applied Studies—National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, main findings, 1996. SAMHSA-DHSS, April 1998: pages 17, 165