Systematic review of the epidemiological evidence comparing lung cancer risk in smokers of mentholated and unmentholated cigarettes

Table 1 Relative use of mentholated cigarettes in US Black and White people in 2008 by gender and age^a

		% of current smokers using mentholated cigarettes^b
Gender	Age	White people	Black people
Male	12-17	45.1	79.1
	18-25	29.5	86.5
	26-34	22.7	89.6
	35-49	14.9	87.9
	50+	20.2	70.4
	All ages	21.8	83.5
Female	12-17	46.9	51.8
	18-25	36.0	88.7
	26-34	24.1	94.0
	35-49	28.0	95.1
	50+	28.6	89.4
	All ages	29.6	90.9

^a Derived from the NSDUH (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cgi-bin/SDA/SAMHDA).
^b Current smokers were asked whether they had smoked mentholated or regular cigarettes most in the past 30 days.

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