Current cigarette smoking among in-school American youth: results from the 2004 National Youth Tobacco Survey

Table 1 Prevalence of current smoking among in-school American youth

Characteristic	Total	Males	Female
Age (years)
Total	15.7	15.9	15.3
≤ 12	4.0	4.3	3.7
13	9.3	10.0	8.6
14	13.3	14.6	12.0
15	16.7	17.3	16.0
16+	25.7	25.4	25.8
Ethnicity
White	17.6	18.7	16.5
Black or African American	9.3	8.8	9.8
Asian	9.0	7.7	9.7
Hispanic	15.0	13.8	16.4
American Indian/Alaska Natives	17.0	15.7	18.3
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	16.3	13.0	18.2
Lived with a cigarette smoker
No	10.0	9.8	10.
Yes	24.0	24.9	23.1
Closest friends smoked cigarettes
None	12.1	13.5	10.6
One	33.4	32.9	34.0
Two or more	41.0	42.6	40.1
Perception that it is safe to smoke for only a year or two, if quit after that
Definitely not	7.7	8.4	6.7
Probably not	27.9	31.3	24.5
Probably yes	46.2	49.0	44.1
Definitely yes	51.2	45.2	53.3
Pocket money ($/week)
None	7.9	8.7	7.0
1–10	9.4	10.6	8.0
11–20	15.4	15.9	14.8
21–50	21.3	21.7	20.8
51–100	25.5	27.6	23.8
>100	33.3	31.8	32.7

Current smoking defined as having smoked cigarette at least one day in the last 30 days

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