Adolescent Light Cigarette Smoking Patterns and Adult Cigarette Smoking
Table 2
Bivariate relationships with adult smoking patterns, national longitudinal study of adolescent to adult health, 1994–2008 (public use).
Adult smoking pattern
None
1–5 cpd light
6–16 cpd average
17+ cpd heavy
P value
wt row%
wt row%
wt row%
wt row%
Sex
<0.0001
Female
1878
66.0
376
14.0
348
14.1
144
5.9
Male
1369
57.4
360
14.8
332
15.3
269
12.5
Race/ethnicity
<0.0001
Non-Hispanic white
1917
58.8
424
12.8
516
16.7
349
11.6
Non-Hispanic black
815
68.5
182
17.6
100
10.2
41
3.8
Hispanic
374
69.0
93
18.0
46
9.4
17
3.6
Other
Cell suppressed
Cell suppressed
Cell suppressed
Cell suppressed
Body mass index (Wave I)
0.0404
0 to less than 25
2527
62.7
558
14.6
496
14.2
285
8.5
25 to less than 30
455
57.0
118
14.1
119
16.2
88
12.7
30 and above
266
60.0
60
12.7
65
17.1
40
9.8
Dental visit (Wave I)
0.1855
Within the year
2221
62.2
510
14.7
438
14.1
261
9.0
Within 1-2 years
612
60.7
146
14.7
131
14.8
90
9.8
Over 2 years
324
58.6
66
11.6
96
19.2
54
10.6
Never
Cell suppressed
Cell suppressed
Cell suppressed
Cell suppressed
1Close friends who smoke (Wave I)
<0.0001
No close friends smoke
2065
71.7
347
12.6
250
10.4
130
5.4
1 close friend smokes
604
58.7
174
16.5
152
16.4
76
8.3
2 close friends smoke
298
47.2
85
14.3
126
22.0
87
16.5
3 close friends smoke
231
37.4
121
19.0
143
23.5
114
20.1
Adequate sleep (Wave I)
0.8135
Yes
2372
61.7
531
14.1
503
14.9
299
9.3
No
871
61.3
205
15.3
175
14.1
114
9.3
Exercised during the past week (Wave I)
0.1528
None
5034
60.6
112
14.1
112
13.8
89
11.5
1-2 times
1059
62.0
219
13.5
228
16.5
116
8.0
3-4 times
803
59.9
211
16.4
160
13.7
104
9.9
5 times or more
879
63.5
194
13.6
180
14.0
104
8.9
2Depression symptoms (Wave I)
<0.0001
Yes
427
53.6
129
15.8
124
17.1
90
13.5
No
2821
63.0
607
14.1
556
14.3
323
8.5
Smoking (Wave I)
<0.0001
No
2785
70.7
484
12.5
358
10.8
190
6.0
1–5 cpd (light)
352
44.4
170
20.8
174
22.7
91
12.2
6–16 cpd (average)
76
23.8
64
20.8
108
33.7
72
21.7
17 or more cpd (heavy)
35
23.7
18
11.6
40
24.6
60
40.1
: number of participants; wt%: weighted percentage; cpd: cigarettes per day smoked on the days in which the participant smoked during the previous month. Cells were suppressed due to cell sizes. 1Participants were asked if any of their three best friends smoked. 2Cut point was a score of 24 on the center for epidemiologic studies depression scale.
