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2003 National Survey on Drug Use & Health:  Detailed Tables

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Table  2.1A Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older: Numbers in Thousands, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 171,838 172,843 84,731 83,415 71,499 70,757
     Cigarettes 162,553 163,240 71,310 69,853 61,136 60,434
     Smokeless Tobacco 46,870 46,065 10,577 10,347 7,787 7,725
     Cigars 88,053 88,096 25,928 25,386 12,751 12,837
     Pipe Tobacco2 40,003 40,064 -- -- 1,816 1,619
ALCOHOL 195,452 197,533 155,476 154,540 119,820 118,965
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 53,787 53,770
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 15,860 16,144
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.1B Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older: Percentages, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 73.1 72.7 36.0 35.1 30.4 29.8
     Cigarettes 69.1 68.7 30.3 29.4 26.0 25.4
     Smokeless Tobacco 19.9 19.4 4.5 4.4 3.3 3.3
     Cigars 37.4 37.1 11.0 10.7 5.4 5.4
     Pipe Tobacco2 17.0 16.9 -- -- 0.8 0.7
ALCOHOL 83.1 83.1 66.1a 65.0 51.0 50.1
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 22.9 22.6
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 6.7 6.8
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.2A Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17: Numbers in Thousands, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 9,113a 8,631 5,839 5,634 3,767 3,610
     Cigarettes 8,242a 7,752 5,037a 4,737 3,209 3,044
     Smokeless Tobacco 1,975 1,897 1,063 1,034 487 511
     Cigars 4,033a 3,776 2,511 2,487 1,117 1,115
     Pipe Tobacco2 687 640 -- -- 137 160
ALCOHOL 10,747 10,713 8,564 8,563 4,365 4,425
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 2,641 2,658
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 630 652
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.2B Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17: Percentages, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 36.8b 34.5 23.6a 22.5 15.2 14.4
     Cigarettes 33.3b 31.0 20.3b 19.0 13.0 12.2
     Smokeless Tobacco 8.0 7.6 4.3 4.1 2.0 2.0
     Cigars 16.3a 15.1 10.1 10.0 4.5 4.5
     Pipe Tobacco2 2.8 2.6 -- -- 0.6 0.6
ALCOHOL 43.4 42.9 34.6 34.3 17.6 17.7
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 10.7 10.6
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 2.5 2.6
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.3A Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25: Numbers in Thousands, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 23,426 23,723 17,028 17,073 14,049 14,201
     Cigarettes 22,099 22,267 15,214 15,113 12,650 12,764
     Smokeless Tobacco 7,367 6,977 2,489 2,485 1,502 1,486
     Cigars 14,148 14,327 7,034 7,196 3,417 3,623
     Pipe Tobacco2 2,495 2,441 -- -- 332 292
ALCOHOL 26,889 27,622 24,153 24,778 18,759 19,466
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 12,699 13,188
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 4,625 4,788
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.3B Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25: Percentages, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 75.5 74.8 54.9 53.8 45.3 44.8
     Cigarettes 71.2 70.2 49.0a 47.6 40.8 40.2
     Smokeless Tobacco 23.7b 22.0 8.0 7.8 4.8 4.7
     Cigars 45.6 45.2 22.7 22.7 11.0 11.4
     Pipe Tobacco2 8.0 7.7 -- -- 1.1 0.9
ALCOHOL 86.7 87.1 77.9 78.1 60.5 61.4
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 40.9 41.6
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 14.9 15.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.4A Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older: Numbers in Thousands, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 139,299 140,489 61,864 60,708 53,683 52,946
     Cigarettes 132,212 133,221 51,060 50,004 45,278 44,626
     Smokeless Tobacco 37,528 37,190 7,025 6,827 5,797 5,728
     Cigars 69,872 69,992 16,382 15,702 8,217 8,099
     Pipe Tobacco2 36,821 36,983 -- -- 1,347 1,166
ALCOHOL 157,816 159,198 122,759 121,200 96,696 95,073
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 38,447 37,924
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 10,605 10,704
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.4B Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older: Percentages, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 77.7 77.6 34.5 33.5 29.9 29.3
     Cigarettes 73.7 73.6 28.5 27.6 25.2 24.7
     Smokeless Tobacco 20.9 20.6 3.9 3.8 3.2 3.2
     Cigars 39.0 38.7 9.1 8.7 4.6 4.5
     Pipe Tobacco2 20.5 20.4 -- -- 0.8 0.6
ALCOHOL 88.0 88.0 68.4a 67.0 53.9 52.5
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 21.4 21.0
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 5.9 5.9
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.5A Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or 13: Numbers in Thousands, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 1,355b 1,181 699a 598 314 273
     Cigarettes 1,160b 984 599b 471 265 214
     Smokeless Tobacco 236 251 106 104 43 44
     Cigars 420 372 193 192 56 66
     Pipe Tobacco2 88 96 -- -- 27 31
ALCOHOL 1,501 1,538 1,004 1,028 356 382
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 150 132
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 22 13
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.5B Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or 13: Percentages, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 16.4b 14.0 8.4a 7.1 3.8 3.2
     Cigarettes 14.0b 11.6 7.2b 5.6 3.2a 2.5
     Smokeless Tobacco 2.8 3.0 1.3 1.2 0.5 0.5
     Cigars 5.1 4.4 2.3 2.3 0.7 0.8
     Pipe Tobacco2 1.1 1.1 -- -- 0.3 0.4
ALCOHOL 18.1 18.2 12.1 12.2 4.3 4.5
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 1.8 1.6
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.3 0.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.6A Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 14 or 15: Numbers in Thousands, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 3,177a 2,934 1,940 1,868 1,133 1,099
     Cigarettes 2,874b 2,595 1,669 1,544 949 909
     Smokeless Tobacco 608 568 326 335 148 155
     Cigars 1,283 1,153 778 762 319 322
     Pipe Tobacco2 256 208 -- -- 55 44
ALCOHOL 3,823 3,644 2,966 2,882 1,405 1,406
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 780 773
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 159 180
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.6B Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 14 or 15: Percentages, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 37.5 35.5 22.9 22.6 13.4 13.3
     Cigarettes 33.9a 31.4 19.7 18.7 11.2 11.0
     Smokeless Tobacco 7.2 6.9 3.9 4.1 1.7 1.9
     Cigars 15.1 14.0 9.2 9.2 3.8 3.9
     Pipe Tobacco2 3.0 2.5 -- -- 0.7 0.5
ALCOHOL 45.1 44.1 35.0 34.9 16.6 17.0
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 9.2 9.4
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 1.9 2.2
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.7A Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 16 or 17: Numbers in Thousands, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 4,581 4,516 3,200 3,168 2,320 2,238
     Cigarettes 4,208 4,174 2,769 2,721 1,995 1,921
     Smokeless Tobacco 1,131 1,078 630 595 296 312
     Cigars 2,331 2,251 1,541 1,533 742 728
     Pipe Tobacco2 343 336 -- -- 55 85
ALCOHOL 5,422 5,532 4,594 4,653 2,604 2,638
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 1,711 1,753
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 449 459
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.7B Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 16 or 17: Percentages, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 57.3a 54.5 40.0 38.2 29.0a 27.0
     Cigarettes 52.6 50.4 34.6 32.9 24.9 23.2
     Smokeless Tobacco 14.1 13.0 7.9 7.2 3.7 3.8
     Cigars 29.1a 27.2 19.3 18.5 9.3 8.8
     Pipe Tobacco2 4.3 4.1 -- -- 0.7 1.0
ALCOHOL 67.8 66.8 57.4 56.2 32.6 31.8
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 21.4 21.2
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 5.6 5.5
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.8A Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 20: Numbers in Thousands, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 9,010 8,884 6,760 6,624 5,414 5,340
     Cigarettes 8,422 8,264 5,967 5,802 4,811 4,771
     Smokeless Tobacco 2,602a 2,347 1,140 1,097 636 581
     Cigars 5,409 5,183 3,271 3,190 1,624 1,654
     Pipe Tobacco2 909 809 -- -- 180 153
ALCOHOL 10,164 10,223 8,928 8,991 6,348 6,451
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 4,534 4,531
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 1,671 1,645
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.8B Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 20: Percentages, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 72.4 70.9 54.3 52.9 43.5 42.6
     Cigarettes 67.7 66.0 47.9 46.3 38.7 38.1
     Smokeless Tobacco 20.9b 18.7 9.2 8.8 5.1 4.6
     Cigars 43.5a 41.4 26.3 25.5 13.0 13.2
     Pipe Tobacco2 7.3 6.5 -- -- 1.4 1.2
ALCOHOL 81.7 81.6 71.7 71.8 51.0 51.5
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 36.4 36.2
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 13.4 13.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.9A Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 21 to 25: Numbers in Thousands, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 14,416 14,839 10,268 10,449 8,635 8,861
     Cigarettes 13,677 14,003 9,246 9,311 7,839 7,994
     Smokeless Tobacco 4,765 4,630 1,349 1,388 866 904
     Cigars 8,738 9,144 3,763 4,006 1,794 1,969
     Pipe Tobacco2 1,586 1,632 -- -- 152 139
ALCOHOL 16,725 17,399 15,225 15,787 12,411 13,016
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 8,165 8,657
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 2,954 3,144
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.9B Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 21 to 25: Percentages, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 77.6 77.3 55.3 54.4 46.5 46.1
     Cigarettes 73.6 72.9 49.8 48.5 42.2 41.6
     Smokeless Tobacco 25.7a 24.1 7.3 7.2 4.7 4.7
     Cigars 47.0 47.6 20.3 20.9 9.7 10.3
     Pipe Tobacco2 8.5 8.5 -- -- 0.8 0.7
ALCOHOL 90.0 90.6 82.0 82.2 66.8 67.8
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 44.0 45.1
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 15.9 16.4
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.10A Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 to 34: Numbers in Thousands, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 27,306 27,147 15,948 15,867 13,423 13,561
     Cigarettes 25,661 25,266 13,429 13,460 11,494 11,667
     Smokeless Tobacco 10,326 9,841 2,340 2,362 1,863 1,843
     Cigars 14,679 14,903 5,052 4,775 2,320 2,420
     Pipe Tobacco2 3,349 3,261 -- -- 175 172
ALCOHOL 31,725 31,575 27,393 27,306 21,594 21,060
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 11,642 11,498
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 3,179 3,289
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.10B Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 to 34: Percentages, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 77.7 77.7 45.4 45.4 38.2 38.8
     Cigarettes 73.0 72.3 38.2 38.5 32.7 33.4
     Smokeless Tobacco 29.4 28.2 6.7 6.8 5.3 5.3
     Cigars 41.7 42.6 14.4 13.7 6.6 6.9
     Pipe Tobacco2 9.5 9.3 -- -- 0.5 0.5
ALCOHOL 90.2 90.3 77.9 78.1 61.4 60.2
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 33.1 32.9
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 9.0 9.4
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.11A Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 35 or Older: Numbers in Thousands, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 111,993 113,342 45,916 44,841 40,260 39,385
     Cigarettes 106,551 107,955 37,631 36,544 33,783 32,960
     Smokeless Tobacco 27,202 27,349 4,685 4,465 3,934 3,885
     Cigars 55,192 55,089 11,330 10,927 5,897 5,679
     Pipe Tobacco2 33,472 33,723 -- -- 1,172 994
ALCOHOL 126,091 127,623 95,365 93,894 75,102 74,013
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 26,806 26,426
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 7,427 7,415
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.11B Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 35 or Older: Percentages, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 77.7 77.6 31.8 30.7 27.9 27.0
     Cigarettes 73.9 73.9 26.1 25.0 23.4 22.6
     Smokeless Tobacco 18.9 18.7 3.2 3.1 2.7 2.7
     Cigars 38.3 37.7 7.9 7.5 4.1 3.9
     Pipe Tobacco2 23.2 23.1 -- -- 0.8 0.7
ALCOHOL 87.4 87.4 66.1a 64.3 52.1 50.7
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 18.6 18.1
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 5.2 5.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.12A Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older: Numbers in Thousands, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 162,725 164,212 78,892 77,781 67,732 67,147
     Cigarettes 154,311 155,488 66,273 65,116 57,928 57,391
     Smokeless Tobacco 44,895 44,167 9,514 9,312 7,299 7,214
     Cigars 84,020 84,320 23,417 22,898 11,634 11,722
     Pipe Tobacco2 39,316 39,424 -- -- 1,679 1,458
ALCOHOL 184,705 186,820 146,912 145,978 115,455 114,539
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 51,146 51,112
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 15,231 15,492
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.12B Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older: Percentages, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 77.3 77.2 37.5 36.6 32.2 31.6
     Cigarettes 73.3 73.1 31.5 30.6 27.5 27.0
     Smokeless Tobacco 21.3 20.8 4.5 4.4 3.5 3.4
     Cigars 39.9 39.6 11.1 10.8 5.5 5.5
     Pipe Tobacco2 18.7 18.5 -- -- 0.8 0.7
ALCOHOL 87.8 87.8 69.8a 68.6 54.9 53.9
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 24.3 24.0
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 7.2 7.3
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
1 Any Tobacco product includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any Tobacco use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all heavy alcohol users are also binge alcohol users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 and 2003.

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Table  2.13A Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Males: Numbers in Thousands, 2002 and 2003
Drug TIME PERIOD
Lifetime Past Year Past Month
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
ANY TOBACCO1 90,952 91,731 49,558 48,800 41,991 41,288
     Cigarettes 83,790 84,200 37,813 37,212 32,636 32,263
     Smokeless Tobacco 39,102 38,331 9,703 9,391 7,242 7,096
     Cigars 65,644 65,506 20,837 19,943 10,669 10,372
     Pipe Tobacco2 34,971 34,600 -- -- 1,487 1,400
ALCOHOL 98,138 99,314 80,308 79,999 65,210 65,927
     Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 35,456 35,565
          Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 12,216 11,958
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0