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Table 3 Adolescent smoking in 1987, 1994 and 2003, in percent by sex and age

From: Adolescent's perceptions and expectations of parental action on children's smoking and snus use; national cross sectional data from three decades

  

13 yr %

15 yr %

17 yr %

Total % and (N)

  

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Have never tried

1987

61

68

39

42

30

26

42 (658)

43 (628)

 

1994

55

60

37

34

29

23

41 (733)

39 (762)

 

2003

77

76

57

56

36

35

58 (797)*

56 (874)*

Have tried

1987

35

28

48

35

45

40

43 (672)

36 (513)

 

1994

38

33

45

37

44

40

42 (757)

37 (709)

 

2003

21

19

35

30

45

36

33 (462)

29 (448)

Have smoked but stopped

1987

2

1

3

2

3

3

2 (40)

2 (31)

 

1994

3

3

5

6

6

7

5 (80)

5 (101)

 

2003

1

1

4

3

5

8

3 (46)

4 (63)

Smoke occasionally

1987

2

3

7

13

11

14

7 (108)

10 (144)

 

1994

2

3

7

12

10

10

6 (110)

9 (162)

 

2003

1

2

2

5

9

9

4 (54)*

5 (84)*

Smoke every day

1987

0

0

3

8

11

17

6 (87)

9 (132)

 

1994

2

1

6

11

11

20

6 (113)

10 (198)

 

2003

0

2

2

6

5

12

2 (31)*

6 (102)*

  1. The results marked * are the statistically significant results (with p < 0.001) stated and discussed in the paper
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