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BEH1. Regular cigarette smoking: Percentage of 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students who reported smoking cigarettes daily over the past 30 days by grade, gender, and race and Hispanic origin, 1980–2007

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Characteristic 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
8th-graders
Total 7.2 7.0 8.3 8.8 9.3 10.4 9.0 8.8 8.1 7.4 5.5 5.1 4.5 4.4 4.0 4.0 3.0
Gender
Male 8.1 6.9 8.8 9.5 9.2 10.5 9.0 8.1 7.4 7.0 5.9 5.4 4.4 4.3 3.9 4.0 3.4
Female 6.2 7.2 7.8 8.0 9.2 10.1 8.7 9.0 8.4 7.5 4.9 4.9 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.8 2.6
Race and Hispanic origina
White 7.7 8.8 9.7 10.5 11.7 11.4 10.4 9.7 9.0 7.5 6.0 5.3 4.7 4.6 4.6 3.9
Black 1.4 1.8 2.6 2.8 3.2 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.2 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.1 1.9 2.1
Hispanic 7.3 7.2 9.0 9.2 8.0 8.1 8.4 8.5 7.1 5.0 4.4 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.8 2.8
10th-graders
Total 12.6 12.3 14.2 14.6 16.3 18.3 18.0 15.8 15.9 14.0 12.2 10.1 8.9 8.3 7.5 7.6 7.2
Gender
Male 12.4 12.1 13.8 15.2 16.3 18.1 17.2 14.7 15.6 13.7 12.4 9.4 8.6 8.2 7.2 6.9 7.7
Female 12.5 12.4 14.3 13.7 16.1 18.6 18.5 16.8 15.9 14.1 11.9 10.8 9.0 8.2 7.7 8.1 6.6
Race and Hispanic origina
White 14.5 15.3 16.5 17.6 20.0 21.4 20.3 19.1 17.7 15.5 13.3 11.4 10.0 9.1 8.7 8.8
Black 2.8 3.1 3.8 4.7 5.1 5.6 5.8 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.3 4.4 3.9 3.3 3.2
Hispanic 8.4 8.9 8.1 9.9 11.6 10.8 9.4 9.1 8.8 7.4 6.4 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.3 3.8
12th-graders
Total 21.3 20.3 21.1 21.2 18.7 19.5 18.7 18.7 18.1 18.9 19.1 18.5 17.2 19.0 19.4 21.6 22.2 24.6 22.4 23.1 20.6 19.0 16.9 15.8 15.6 13.6 12.2 12.3
Gender
Male 18.5 18.1 18.2 19.2 16.0 17.8 16.9 16.4 17.4 17.9 18.6 18.8 17.2 19.4 20.4 21.7 22.2 24.8 22.7 23.6 20.9 18.4 17.2 17.0 15.4 14.6 12.0 13.0
Female 23.5 21.7 23.2 22.2 20.5 20.6 19.8 20.6 18.1 19.4 19.3 17.9 16.7 18.2 18.1 20.8 21.8 23.6 21.5 22.2 19.7 18.9 16.1 14.0 15.0 11.9 11.8 11.2
Race and Hispanic origina
White 23.9 21.4 21.6 22.1 21.0 20.4 20.6 20.5 20.6 21.1 21.8 21.5 20.5 21.4 22.9 23.9 25.4 27.8 28.3 26.9 25.7 23.8 21.8 19.5 18.3 17.1 15.3 14.5
Black 17.4 14.6 13.1 12.5 10.7 9.9 9.4 7.9 7.3 6.4 5.8 5.1 4.2 4.1 4.9 6.1 7.0 7.2 7.4 7.7 8.0 7.5 6.4 5.4 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.8
Hispanic 12.8 13.6 14.3 14.9 13.9 11.8 11.3 11.0 10.9 10.8 10.9 11.5 12.5 11.8 10.6 11.6 12.9 14.0 13.6 14.0 15.7 12.0 9.2 8.0 8.2 7.7 7.0 6.6
— Not available.
a 2-year moving average is presented, based on data from the year indicated and the previous year. Prior to 2005 respondents were asked to select the one category that they thought best described them, making Hispanic identification one of the mutually exclusive categories that could be chosen. After 2005 respondents could select multiple categories, some of which are for Hispanic subgroups; but only respondents selecting a single answer are included in the data reported. Approximately 6% gave multiple choices and were excluded. In 2005 specifically, half of the sample received the earlier version of the question and half the later one, and their data were combined.
SOURCE: Johnston, L.D., O'Malley, P.M., and Bachman, J.G. (2007). Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975–2006, Volume I: Secondary school students (NIH Publication No. 07-6205) Tables D-91 through D-93. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse. Data for 2007 are from a press release of December 11, 2007, and demographic disaggregations are from unpublished tabulations from Monitoring the Future, University of Michigan.