Cigarette Use Among Blacks, 2005 and 2006

Combined data from 2005 and 2006 indicate that nearly one fourth of blacks aged 12 or older were current smokers (i.e., used cigarettes in the past month)

Among blacks who were current smokers, 80.4 percent used menthol cigarettes in the past month in 2005 and 2006

Overall and for most age groups, black males and females had similar rates of past year cigarette use initiation; the one exception was that females aged 16 or 17 were more likely to have initiated cigarette use during the past year than same-aged males (9.6 vs. 5.9 percent)

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (HHS)

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