Race differences in factors relating to smoking initiation

Abstract To investigate race differences in retrospectively-reported early smoking experiences, we studied African-American ( n  = 48) and Caucasian ( n  = 155) current smokers who participated in a study designed to identify phenotypic and genotypic factors associated with smoking. Compared with Caucasian smokers, African-American smokers were less educated (mean ± s.e.m.: 13.3 ± 0.25 vs. 14.3 ± 0.16; p p p p p p p p p p p p p