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Table 2 Frequency of smoking (number of days smoking in the last month) among current smokers* by school and gender

From: Prevalence and social environment of cigarette smoking in Cyprus youth

Number of days

Proportion (%)

 

Middle Schools

High Schools

 

Overall (n = 664)

Boys (n = 435)

Girls (n = 229)

Overall (n = 1,580)

Boys (n = 884)

Girls (n = 696)

1–2 days

34.7

31.1

41.3

15.8

13.5

18.6

3–5 days

11.2

8.9

15.5

10.7

9.5

12.1

6–9 days

9.2

8.8

9.8

7.2

6.4

8.3

10–19 days

9.7

9.7

9.7

8.3

8.3

8.3

20–29 days

5.7

5.7

5.6

9.6

9.8

9.3

Everyday

29.5

35.8

18.1

48.4

52.5

43.4

  1. *Current smoking is defined as having smoked on 1 or more days of the past 30 days