Among the indigenous population, the rate was much higher: 50% of men and 44% of women reported being current smokers in 2007-08.
In 2005, 27% of the population admitted to being current smokers.
Positivity rates were higher among current smokers and older patients.
More than a quarter of the men were current smokers (27%).
As a whole, cigarette advertising is geared toward current smokers.
The week before, a Federal judge cleared the way for the first nationwide class action on behalf of 100 million current or former smokers.
That's why screening may be suggested if you're a current or former smoker over age 45.
The class for the trial, with some exceptions, would be all current and former smokers of the defendant companies' cigarettes since April 1993.
Most of these patients were current or former smokers.
Among current smokers, those who had smoked for more than 12 years were most likely to have a root canal.