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2006 National Survey on Drug Use & Health:  Detailed Tables
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Table 2.1C – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older: Standard Errors of Numbers in Thousands, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 793 827 885 878 845 848
Cigarettes 858 863 817 840 777 804
Smokeless Tobacco 669 688 295 325 267 284
Cigars 852 872 481 468 354 352
Pipe Tobacco2 705 740 -- -- 146 166
ALCOHOL
 649 672 917 914 975 969
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 701 746
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 379 427
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Table 2.1D – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older: Standard Errors of Percentages, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.33 0.34 0.36 0.36 0.35 0.34
Cigarettes 0.35 0.35 0.34 0.34 0.32 0.33
Smokeless Tobacco 0.28 0.28 0.12 0.13 0.11 0.12
Cigars 0.35 0.35 0.20 0.19 0.15 0.14
Pipe Tobacco2 0.29 0.30 -- -- 0.06 0.07
ALCOHOL
 0.27 0.27 0.38 0.37 0.40 0.39
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.29 0.30
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.16 0.17
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Table 2.1P – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older: P Values from Tests of Differences of Percentages, 2006 Versus 2005
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.8051   0.9599   0.6485  
Cigarettes 0.5477   0.9803   0.7560  
Smokeless Tobacco 0.5815   0.1051   0.2566  
Cigars 0.6567   0.5860   0.8598  
Pipe Tobacco2 0.6317   --   0.6389  
ALCOHOL
 0.4938   0.4085   0.1113  
Binge Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.4127  
Heavy Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.2025  
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Table 2.2C – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or 13: Standard Errors of Numbers in Thousands, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 44 37 35 28 20 17
Cigarettes 40 34 33 27 18 15
Smokeless Tobacco 17 17 14 12 9 7
Cigars 22 21 16 16 9 8
Pipe Tobacco2 11 12 -- -- 6 5
ALCOHOL
 49 46 41 38 26 23
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 18 15
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 7 6
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Table 2.2D – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or 13: Standard Errors of Percentages, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.49 0.43 0.41 0.34 0.24 0.21
Cigarettes 0.46 0.41 0.38 0.33 0.22 0.18
Smokeless Tobacco 0.21 0.21 0.17 0.14 0.10 0.08
Cigars 0.27 0.25 0.19 0.19 0.11 0.10
Pipe Tobacco2 0.14 0.15 -- -- 0.08 0.06
ALCOHOL
 0.53 0.52 0.46 0.45 0.31 0.29
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.22 0.18
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.08 0.08
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Table 2.2P – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or 13: P Values from Tests of Differences of Percentages, 2006 Versus 2005
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.2097   0.0598   0.0066  
Cigarettes 0.0928   0.1100   0.0156  
Smokeless Tobacco 0.9707   0.6420   0.3236  
Cigars 0.5389   0.7255   0.1157  
Pipe Tobacco2 0.6171   --   0.2728  
ALCOHOL
 0.5576   0.4486   0.4623  
Binge Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.0769  
Heavy Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.9685  
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Table 2.3C – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 14 or 15: Standard Errors of Numbers in Thousands, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 75 69 57 55 40 43
Cigarettes 67 64 50 51 37 37
Smokeless Tobacco 34 31 26 25 15 17
Cigars 47 46 39 37 23 24
Pipe Tobacco2 21 19 -- -- 11 11
ALCOHOL
 87 84 77 71 50 50
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 36 39
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 17 13
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Table 2.3D – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 14 or 15: Standard Errors of Percentages, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.74 0.66 0.61 0.57 0.45 0.46
Cigarettes 0.68 0.64 0.55 0.54 0.42 0.40
Smokeless Tobacco 0.38 0.34 0.30 0.27 0.17 0.19
Cigars 0.51 0.49 0.43 0.40 0.26 0.27
Pipe Tobacco2 0.24 0.22 -- -- 0.13 0.13
ALCOHOL
 0.76 0.73 0.70 0.66 0.53 0.52
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.40 0.42
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.20 0.15
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Table 2.3P – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 14 or 15: P Values from Tests of Differences of Percentages, 2006 Versus 2005
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.2906   0.9448   0.3990  
Cigarettes 0.4872   0.8810   0.8199  
Smokeless Tobacco 0.4461   0.8538   0.3474  
Cigars 0.9134   0.8844   0.1140  
Pipe Tobacco2 0.8663   --   0.5766  
ALCOHOL
 0.8296   0.5165   0.4959  
Binge Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.0896  
Heavy Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.0790  
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Table 2.4C – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 16 or 17: Standard Errors of Numbers in Thousands, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 95 93 80 79 63 62
Cigarettes 91 87 73 72 57 55
Smokeless Tobacco 43 43 33 37 24 25
Cigars 65 62 55 51 38 33
Pipe Tobacco2 29 27 -- -- 11 13
ALCOHOL
 109 104 101 95 71 70
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 54 58
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 27 30
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Table 2.4D – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 16 or 17: Standard Errors of Percentages, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.80 0.76 0.79 0.73 0.66 0.62
Cigarettes 0.82 0.75 0.75 0.71 0.61 0.58
Smokeless Tobacco 0.48 0.46 0.38 0.41 0.28 0.29
Cigars 0.68 0.63 0.59 0.55 0.43 0.37
Pipe Tobacco2 0.33 0.31 -- -- 0.13 0.16
ALCOHOL
 0.78 0.71 0.80 0.73 0.70 0.66
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.58 0.60
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.31 0.35
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Table 2.4P – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 16 or 17: P Values from Tests of Differences of Percentages, 2006 Versus 2005
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.1255   0.5771   0.4456  
Cigarettes 0.1574   0.7232   0.4054  
Smokeless Tobacco 0.5865   0.0188   0.0724  
Cigars 0.1108   0.0794   0.1948  
Pipe Tobacco2 0.7549   --   0.6730  
ALCOHOL
 0.3982   0.4426   0.7285  
Binge Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.6426  
Heavy Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.5490  
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Table 2.5C – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 20: Standard Errors of Numbers in Thousands, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 188 184 164 161 138 134
Cigarettes 175 167 142 139 122 120
Smokeless Tobacco 82 87 57 63 41 45
Cigars 139 135 109 110 74 70
Pipe Tobacco2 53 52 -- -- 27 22
ALCOHOL
 222 230 212 216 180 180
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 151 142
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 78 86
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Table 2.5D – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 20: Standard Errors of Percentages, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.69 0.71 0.73 0.75 0.71 0.75
Cigarettes 0.74 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.71 0.74
Smokeless Tobacco 0.54 0.56 0.39 0.44 0.30 0.33
Cigars 0.69 0.70 0.61 0.65 0.49 0.48
Pipe Tobacco2 0.38 0.37 -- -- 0.20 0.17
ALCOHOL
 0.59 0.63 0.70 0.71 0.84 0.78
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.80 0.76
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.51 0.58
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Table 2.5P – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 20: P Values from Tests of Differences of Percentages, 2006 Versus 2005
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.4053   0.8916   0.6758  
Cigarettes 0.1005   0.7722   0.9252  
Smokeless Tobacco 0.3960   0.0503   0.3457  
Cigars 0.9406   0.8192   0.3760  
Pipe Tobacco2 0.7292   --   0.1068  
ALCOHOL
 0.3954   0.4953   0.6596  
Binge Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.9745  
Heavy Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.3315  
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Table 2.6C – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 21 to 25: Standard Errors of Numbers in Thousands, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 252 253 207 206 184 176
Cigarettes 242 236 191 185 170 163
Smokeless Tobacco 116 115 66 63 51 50
Cigars 183 187 118 122 72 79
Pipe Tobacco2 71 70 -- -- 27 25
ALCOHOL
 285 297 277 285 250 260
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 196 195
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 109 109
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Table 2.6D – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 21 to 25: Standard Errors of Percentages, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.57 0.56 0.61 0.62 0.60 0.59
Cigarettes 0.57 0.55 0.60 0.59 0.58 0.58
Smokeless Tobacco 0.48 0.50 0.32 0.31 0.25 0.24
Cigars 0.62 0.62 0.47 0.48 0.33 0.35
Pipe Tobacco2 0.33 0.33 -- -- 0.13 0.12
ALCOHOL
 0.40 0.39 0.51 0.49 0.60 0.61
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.63 0.62
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.47 0.47
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Table 2.6P – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 21 to 25: P Values from Tests of Differences of Percentages, 2006 Versus 2005
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.6107   0.4986   0.6709  
Cigarettes 0.7079   0.4536   0.2392  
Smokeless Tobacco 0.0246   0.3408   0.7629  
Cigars 0.8666   0.9950   0.1520  
Pipe Tobacco2 0.3345   --   0.7523  
ALCOHOL
 0.2049   0.1576   0.1507  
Binge Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.6416  
Heavy Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.8887  
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Table 2.7C – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 to 34: Standard Errors of Numbers in Thousands, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 269 260 295 274 285 269
Cigarettes 281 270 290 270 274 257
Smokeless Tobacco 246 247 122 126 110 107
Cigars 279 292 189 204 129 159
Pipe Tobacco2 178 167 -- -- 49 56
ALCOHOL
 192 184 253 242 293 284
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 281 272
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 165 172
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Table 2.7D – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 to 34: Standard Errors of Percentages, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.77 0.74 0.85 0.78 0.82 0.77
Cigarettes 0.80 0.77 0.83 0.77 0.79 0.73
Smokeless Tobacco 0.71 0.70 0.35 0.36 0.32 0.30
Cigars 0.80 0.83 0.54 0.58 0.37 0.45
Pipe Tobacco2 0.51 0.48 -- -- 0.14 0.16
ALCOHOL
 0.55 0.52 0.73 0.69 0.84 0.81
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.81 0.77
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.47 0.49
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Table 2.7P – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 to 34: P Values from Tests of Differences of Percentages, 2006 Versus 2005
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.4463   0.1752   0.0571  
Cigarettes 0.8361   0.6021   0.3152  
Smokeless Tobacco 0.5806   0.0703   0.3767  
Cigars 0.2951   0.0172   0.0303  
Pipe Tobacco2 0.6266   --   0.7683  
ALCOHOL
 0.3191   0.1197   0.5258  
Binge Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.2405  
Heavy Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.5315  
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Table 2.8C – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 35 or Older: Standard Errors of Numbers in Thousands, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 693 714 746 748 718 723
Cigarettes 742 749 670 705 645 683
Smokeless Tobacco 593 615 245 275 226 250
Cigars 764 774 410 378 305 288
Pipe Tobacco2 652 683 -- -- 129 149
ALCOHOL
 580 583 828 827 865 873
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 562 628
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 305 346
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Table 2.8D – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 35 or Older: Standard Errors of Percentages, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.46 0.47 0.50 0.49 0.48 0.47
Cigarettes 0.49 0.49 0.44 0.46 0.43 0.45
Smokeless Tobacco 0.39 0.40 0.16 0.18 0.15 0.16
Cigars 0.51 0.51 0.27 0.25 0.20 0.19
Pipe Tobacco2 0.43 0.45 -- -- 0.09 0.10
ALCOHOL
 0.39 0.38 0.55 0.54 0.57 0.57
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.37 0.41
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.20 0.23
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Table 2.8P – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 35 or Older: P Values from Tests of Differences of Percentages, 2006 Versus 2005
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.7839   0.8032   0.9825  
Cigarettes 0.6697   0.9892   0.7743  
Smokeless Tobacco 0.2853   0.4866   0.5268  
Cigars 0.4205   0.1113   0.1933  
Pipe Tobacco2 0.7126   --   0.5525  
ALCOHOL
 0.4048   0.4988   0.0492  
Binge Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.7911  
Heavy Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.2521  
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Table 2.9C – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Males: Standard Errors of Numbers in Thousands, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 468 446 598 596 576 584
Cigarettes 534 528 539 559 515 543
Smokeless Tobacco 570 581 263 309 241 273
Cigars 614 618 421 426 324 319
Pipe Tobacco2 624 646 -- -- 141 160
ALCOHOL
 348 352 575 569 621 611
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 529 559
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 321 355
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Table 2.9D – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Males: Standard Errors of Percentages, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.40 0.37 0.51 0.50 0.49 0.49
Cigarettes 0.45 0.44 0.46 0.47 0.44 0.45
Smokeless Tobacco 0.48 0.49 0.22 0.26 0.20 0.23
Cigars 0.52 0.52 0.36 0.36 0.27 0.27
Pipe Tobacco2 0.53 0.54 -- -- 0.12 0.13
ALCOHOL
 0.30 0.30 0.49 0.48 0.53 0.51
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.45 0.47
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.27 0.30
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Table 2.9P – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Males: P Values from Tests of Differences of Percentages, 2006 Versus 2005
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.9302   0.3659   0.3864  
Cigarettes 0.6672   0.3649   0.4796  
Smokeless Tobacco 0.9931   0.0420   0.1257  
Cigars 0.2187   0.3375   0.3803  
Pipe Tobacco2 0.3839   --   0.5682  
ALCOHOL
 0.4871   0.4101   0.1290  
Binge Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.2831  
Heavy Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.3402  
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Table 2.10C – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Females: Standard Errors of Numbers in Thousands, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 598 614 565 543 543 511
Cigarettes 617 616 558 529 538 502
Smokeless Tobacco 237 275 106 88 87 76
Cigars 434 466 182 194 112 131
Pipe Tobacco2 217 232 -- -- 42 47
ALCOHOL
 515 524 624 630 637 644
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 402 399
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 163 168
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Table 2.10D – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Females: Standard Errors of Percentages, 2005 and 2006
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.48 0.49 0.45 0.43 0.43 0.40
Cigarettes 0.49 0.49 0.45 0.42 0.43 0.40
Smokeless Tobacco 0.19 0.22 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.06
Cigars 0.35 0.37 0.15 0.15 0.09 0.10
Pipe Tobacco2 0.17 0.18 -- -- 0.03 0.04
ALCOHOL
 0.41 0.41 0.50 0.50 0.51 0.51
Binge Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.32 0.32
Heavy Alcohol Use3 -- -- -- -- 0.13 0.13
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Table 2.10P – Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Females: P Values from Tests of Differences of Percentages, 2006 Versus 2005
Substance
 TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
 Past Year
 Past Month
2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
 2005
 2006
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
1 Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco Product 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, 2005 and 2006.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS1
 0.6864   0.3537   0.8036  
Cigarettes 0.6338   0.3790   0.7988  
Smokeless Tobacco 0.1586   0.3523   0.2831  
Cigars 0.4313   0.4805   0.0802  
Pipe Tobacco2 0.3963   --   0.7724  
ALCOHOL
 0.6851   0.6385   0.3362  
Binge Alcohol Use3 --   --   0.9940<