In the United States there has historically been a strong

Last updated: 12/12/2023

In the United States there has historically been a strong relationship between smoking and education with well educated people less likely to smoke To examine whether this pattern has changed a sample of 459 me was selected at random from those who had visited a health center for a routine check up over the course of the past year Education is classified into three categories corresponding to the highest level of education achieved and smoking status is classified into four categories Smoking Status Education High School College Graduate Total Nonsmoker OB 0 22 OC 0 15 56 37 53 146 Former 54 43 28 125 Moderate 41 27 36 104 The proportion of former smokers with a university education is OA 0 57 Heavy 36 32 16 84 Total 187 139 133 459