Table 1

Cumulative smoking initiation by birth cohort (1898–1965) from the survey of the Tobacco Advisory Council, Great Britain, 1948–1987

Men							Women
	Cumulative initiation (%)							Cumulative initiation (%)
Birth	Age (years)						Birth	Age (years)
cohort	13	15	17	19	24	29	cohort	13	15	17	19	24	29
1900	–	34	58	70	83	86	1898	–	2	4	7	11	13
1906	–	34	58	70	82	84	1904	–	3	7	10	17	20
1913	11	32	51	63	76	80	1911	1	6	12	17	26	41
1925	12	33	51	66	77	80	1925	2	12	24	36	49	53
1935	–	23	47	65	74	–	1935	–	8	23	37	48	–
1945	9	29	51	61	68	67	1945	3	13	32	44	52	52
1955	10	29	47	55	59	60	1955	5	21	38	47	51	53
1965	13	32	45	49	–	–	1965	8	24	37	44	–	–