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- Codes
- Description
- Comparability
- Universe
- Availability
- Flags
- Questionnaire Text
- UnHarmonized Variables
Codes
995 = Never smoked regularly
996 = Refused
997 = Don't Know
998 = No Response
999 = N.I.U. (Not in Universe).
Description
TAGESMK reports the age an individual first started smoking regularly.
This variable is part of the Tobacco Use Supplement.
Universe
- 1985: Persons age 16+ who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes
- 1989: Persons age 15+ who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes
- 1992-1993 (selected months): People who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes, and who did not claim to have never smoked regularly or not know what age they began.
- 1995-2007 (selected months): Responded that they had smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime.
- 2010+: Persons interviewed for the Tobacco Use Supplement (TBRESP) who responded that they had smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - |
| 1989 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - |
| 1992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - |
| 1993 | X | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1995 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - |
| 1996 | X | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1998 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - |
| 1999 – 2000 | X | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2001 | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | X | - |
| 2002 | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2003 | - | X | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | X | - |
| 2006 | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | X | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | X | - | - | - | - |
| 2011 | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | X | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | X | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - |
| 2023 | X | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
