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Intermittent smokers: a descriptive analysis of persons who have never smoked daily.

C G Husten, M C McCarty, G A Giovino, J H Chrismon and B Zhu

Office of Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the prevalence of and demographic variables associated with lifetime never-daily smoking in the United States. METHODS: Descriptive demographic data and logistic regression analyses were used to examine associations with never-daily smoking. RESULTS: Lifetime never-daily smokers constituted a significant minority of non-White smokers. There was a strong association between never-daily smoking and college education among young adults, particularly men. Although never-daily smoking was associated with initiation behavior among young smokers, it also represented a persistent pattern for some smokers, particularly non-Whites and Hispanics. CONCLUSIONS: The demographic distribution of never-daily smoking may have implications for developing culturally appropriate smoking prevention and cessation strategies.

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