This statistic shows the results of a 2013 survey among adult American smokers regarding the age at which they started smoking. 34 percent of respondents said in 2013 that they had started smoking when they were younger than 16 years.
Smokers: At what age did you begin smoking?
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Gallup. (July 31, 2013). Smokers: At what age did you begin smoking? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/263497/age-at-which-americans-began-smoking/
Gallup. "Smokers: At what age did you begin smoking?." Chart. July 31, 2013. Statista. Accessed June 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263497/age-at-which-americans-began-smoking/
Gallup. (2013). Smokers: At what age did you begin smoking?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263497/age-at-which-americans-began-smoking/
Gallup. "Smokers: At What Age Did You Begin Smoking?." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jul 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263497/age-at-which-americans-began-smoking/
Gallup, Smokers: At what age did you begin smoking? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263497/age-at-which-americans-began-smoking/ (last visited June 05, 2024)
Smokers: At what age did you begin smoking? [Graph], Gallup, July 31, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/263497/age-at-which-americans-began-smoking/