European Health Survey  
USE AND EXPOSURE TO TOBACCO
Average age at beginning to use tobacco of daily smokers, by sex and age group. Average and standard deviation. Population aged 15 years old and over that smokes daily.
Units: Average and standard deviation

	Average	Standard deviation	
Both sexes	
    TOTAL	17.38	4.81	
    From 15 to 24 years old	15.62	2.16	
    From 25 to 34 years old	16.79	2.92	
    From 35 to 44 years old	17.39	3.76	
    From 45 to 54 years old	17.20	4.23	
    From 55 to 64 years old	18.24	6.30	
    From 65 to 74 years old	20.06	8.94	
    Aged 75 years old and over	20.12	11.02	
Men	
    TOTAL	17.07	4.54	
    From 15 to 24 years old	15.69	2.09	
    From 25 to 34 years old	16.89	3.00	
    From 35 to 44 years old	17.38	3.97	
    From 45 to 54 years old	17.02	4.01	
    From 55 to 64 years old	17.09	5.34	
    From 65 to 74 years old	18.26	8.06	
    Aged 75 years old and over	18.11	9.94	
Women	
    TOTAL	17.80	5.13	
    From 15 to 24 years old	15.51	2.26	
    From 25 to 34 years old	16.65	2.80	
    From 35 to 44 years old	17.41	3.44	
    From 45 to 54 years old	17.44	4.48	
    From 55 to 64 years old	19.77	7.11	
    From 65 to 74 years old	23.99	9.49	
    Aged 75 years old and over	.	.	
Notes:

.Data protected by statistical secrecy

1) The symbol '.'  shall be deemed as datum which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample
 The symbol '..' shall be deemed as datum which is not collected for that classification of the table
 The data corresponding to cells with less than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error
Source: National Statistics Institute