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Table 4 Number of cigarettes smoked per day in 1167 German adults (current and former smokers) by gender and age

From: Overweight, physical activity, tobacco and alcohol consumption in a cross-sectional random sample of German adults

Females

Age class (years)

≤ 10 cig./day

11–20 cig./day

21–30 cig./day

> 31 cig./day

Total

18 – 30

58 (57.4%)

36 (35.6%)

6 (5.9%)

1 (1.0%)

101 (19.3%)

31 – 40

71 (47.7%)

67 (45.0%)

6 (4.0%)

5 (3.4%)

149 (28.5%)

41 – 50

69 (48.9%)

59 (41.8%)

12 (8.5%)

1 (0.7%)

141 (27.0%)

51 – 65

73 (55.3%)

51 (38.6%)

4 (3.0%)

4 (3.0%)

132 (25.2%)

Total

271 (51.8%)

213 (40.7%)

28 (5.4%)

11 (2.1%)

523 (100.0%)

Males

Age class (years)

≤ 10 cig./day

11–20 cig./day

21–30 cig./day

> 31 cig./day

Total

18 – 30

51 (44.4%)

51 (44.4%)

12 (10.4%)

1 (0.9%)

115 (17.9%)

31 – 40

55 (31.1%)

84 (47.5%)

29 (16.4%)

9 (5.1%)

177 (27.5%)

41 – 50

42 (30.4%)

60 (43.5%)

22 (15.9%)

14 (10.1%)

138 (21.4%)

51 – 65

46 (21.5%)

106 (49.5%)

29 (13.6%)

33 (15.4%)

214 (33.2%)

Total

194 (30.1%)

301 (46.7%)

92 (14.3%)

57 (8.9%)

644 (100.0%)