The
NSDUH Report: Cigarette Use Among Blacks, 2005 and 2006
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Highlights:
- Data
from SAMHSA's 2005-2006 National Surveys on Drug Use & Health
were pooled to examine patterns of cigarette smoking among Blacks.
- Based
on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health, 24.4% of Blacks
aged 12 or older were current smokers, that is, smoked cigarettes
in the past month.
- Among
Blacks who were current smokers, 80.4% smoked menthol cigarettes.
Black females were more likely to smoke menthol cigarettes than males
(84.3% vs. 77.1%).
- An
annual average of 263,000 Blacks smoked cigarettes for the first time
in the 12 months before the survey in 2005 or 2006. Among those who
had not smoked cigarettes previously, Black youths aged 16-17 (7.7%)
were most likely to begin smoking and Black adults aged 35 or older
(0.1%) were least likely to start smoking cigarettes.
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This Short
Report, The NSDUH
Report: Cigarette Use Among Blacks, 2005 and 2006, is
based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug
Use and Health 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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