| Measure | Percent of adults who are current cigarette smokers (ages 18 and older) | Percent of high school students who are current cigarette smokers | Average age at first use of cigarettes (ages 12-17) | Percent of daily cigarette smokers who were able to stay off cigarettes 3 months or longer (ages 25 and older) |
| Most Recent
Estimate | 1998: 24% of adults were current smokers. | 1999: 35% of youth were current smokers. | 1999: 12.4 was the average age 12- to 17- year-olds started smoking. | 1998-1999: 5% of daily smokers quit for 3 months or longer. |
