Table 1

 Extent of smoking by US young baby boomers

OverallMenWomen
“Years smoked” and “Years adult smoker” calculations exclude non-smokers. Adult is defined as greater than 18 years old. Corrected standard errors (SEs) are in parentheses.
Ever smoke57.6% (0.8%)58.1% (1.0%)57.0% (1.0%)
Heavy smoker22.6% (0.7%)25.4% (1.0%)19.8% (0.8%)
Light smoker35.0% (0.8%)32.7% (1.0%)37.2% (1.0%)
Years smoked10.6 (0.1)10.6 (0.2)10.6 (0.2)
Years adult smoker7.4 (0.1)7.5 (0.2)7.4 (0.1)