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