Trends in experimentation with cigars by sex and age
| MATS: 1997-98 (n=5690) | MATS: 1999-2000* (n=4249) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex, age | % | ±CI | % | ±CI |
| Data shown are based on the question, “Have you ever tried smoking a cigar—even a puff—in the past 12 months?”, and were collected from samples between December 1996 and December 1999. | ||||
| All percentages are weighted to adjust for sampling design. Ns are unweighted. | ||||
| *First half of 2000 only. See footnote to table 1 for explanation of abbreviations. | ||||
| Men 18–34 | 42.4 | 7.1 | 35.6 | 8.1 |
| Women 18–34 | 15.8 | 4.7 | 11.2 | 4.2 |
| Men 35–49 | 25.6 | 5.8 | 23.0 | 6.4 |
| Women 35–49 | 5.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 2.5 |
| Men 50+ | 11.8 | 5.1 | 12.8 | 5.5 |
| Women 50+ | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |