Sentences with phrase «among daily smokers»

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Daily cannabis use increased most rapidly among former cigarette smokers (2.80 percent in 2014 versus 0.98 percent in 2002).

The increase in daily cannabis use was faster among non-daily cigarette smokers relative to daily cigarette smokers.

Marijuana use occurred nearly exclusively among current cigarette smokers — daily or non-daily smokers — compared with former smokers and those who have never smoked.

Daily cannabis use increased since 2002 among both nondaily smokers (8 percent in 2014 compared with 3 percent in 2002) and daily smokers (9 percent in 2014 versus 5 percent in 2Daily cannabis use increased since 2002 among both nondaily smokers (8 percent in 2014 compared with 3 percent in 2002) and daily smokers (9 percent in 2014 versus 5 percent in 2daily smokers (9 percent in 2014 versus 5 percent in 2002).

«It is conceivable that this stunted decline in cigarette use is owing, in part, to the substantial increase in daily cannabis use among smokers,» observed Goodwin.

Among female cigarette smokers, 4 percent used cannabis daily.

«Cigarette smokers are 10 times more likely to be daily marijuana users: Strongest relationship between cigarette smoking and daily cannabis use is among 12 to 17 year olds, who are 50 times more likely to be daily cannabis users than non-smokers.»

While observational analyses among current smokers showed a body weight increase of 0.5 kg per 10 cigarettes smoked daily, genetic analysis in contrast showed that double carriers of the high smoking genotype had a 1.2 kg lower body weight.

«The highest prevalence of daily e-cigarette use we observed was among current smokers and former smokers who quit within the past year.

Among the 251 participants (131 daily smokers and 120 nonsmokers), 65.7 percent were men and they were an average age of 48.

«If you showed in a similar study with a gold standard outcome [like spirometry], among smokers and nonsmokers, that you could affect the incidence of COPD, I would imagine the committees that meet on this would take a serious look at increasing daily recommended intake [of vitamin E] for the general population,» he says.

The relative difference is even larger when we look at the percentage of daily smokers among adolescents attending regular high - school education (5.2 %) compared with adolescents attending vocational training (28.6 % daily smokers).3

«Smoking rates among Aboriginal people are two and a half times that of non-Indigenous Australians — 43 % of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are daily smokers.

In 2012 — 2013, 42 % of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population aged 15 years or older were daily smokers — 2.6 times the age - standardised prevalence among other Australians.19 Australian governments aimed to halve the Indigenous Australian smoking rate by 2018 (from the 2009 baseline) through a range of Indigenous tobacco control initiatives.20 Funded by the Australian Government in support of these national initiatives, the TATS project was conducted mainly through Aboriginal community - controlled health services (ACCHSs).

Forty - two per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years or older were daily smokers in 2012 — 2013, 2.6 times the age - standardised prevalence among other Australians.7 This is a decrease from 45 % in 2008 and 49 % in 2002, a similar rate of decline as among other Australians.7 In 2008, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who smoked daily were less likely than other Australians to live in homes where no one usually smoked inside (56 % v 68 %).5 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers with lower household incomes were significantly more likely to live in homes where someone usually smoked inside.5