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Monitoring the Future -- Cigarette Use
Trends Among 12th Grade Students (1975 - 2008)

Source: Monitoring the Future (2009), Vol I, Tables 5-1, 5-2, and 5-3, pp.191-199

Trends in Cigarette Use Among 12th Grade Students (1975 - 2008)
Year Lifetime Past Month
1975 73.6 36.7
1976 75.4 38.8
1977 75.7 38.4
1978 75.3 36.7
1979 74.0 34.4
1980 71.0 30.5
1981 71.0 29.4
1982 70.1 30.0
1983 70.6 30.3
1984 69.7 29.3
1985 68.8 30.1
1986 67.6 29.6
1987 67.2 29.4
1988 66.4 28.7
1989 65.7 28.6
1990 64.4 29.4
1991 63.1 28.3
1992 61.8 27.8
1993 61.9 29.9
1994 62.0 31.2
1995 64.2 33.5
1996 63.5 34.0
1997 65.4 36.5
1998 65.3 35.1
1999 64.6 34.6
2000 62.5 31.4
2001 61.0 29.5
2002 57.2 26.7
2003 53.7 24.4
2004 52.8 25.0
2005 50.0 23.2
2006 47.1 21.6
2007 46.2 21.6
2008 44.7 20.4
Averages: 63.9 30.1

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