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Cigar Use among Young Adults Aged 18 to 25 

The NSDUH Report:  Cigar Use among Young Adults Aged 18 to 25 

 Highlights:

  • SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health provides trend data on cigar use among young adults from 2002 to 2007. Cigar use in this age group was 3 times greater among males than females. During this time, cigar use in the past month among males climbed steadily from 16.8% to peak at 19.7% in 2004 and declined to 18.4% in 2007. Among females, the rates remained relatively stable ranging from 5.1% to 5.8% at the peak in 2004.
  • Younger adults were more likely to smoke cigars currently than the older adults in this age group: 14.5% of those age 18 or 19 smoked cigars in the past month compared to 8.5% of those age 24 or 25.
  • Nearly two-thirds of past month cigar users also smoked cigarettes during the past month (65.1% of the male current cigar smokers and 69.2% of the female current cigar smokers).

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This Short Report, The NSDUH Report:  Cigar Use among Young Adults Aged 18 to 25,  is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).  The survey is conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental health measures in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use and for selected mental health measures by State.

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