中国预防医学科学院与中国吸烟与健康协会于1996年开展的“全国吸烟与健康的流行病学调查”表明，目前中国人群男性吸烟率为66．94％，女性吸烟率为4．19％，总人群吸烟率为37．62％。我国人群开始吸烟的平均年龄，男性为19．80岁，女性为24．75岁，总人群为20．01岁，随着年龄 Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine and China Association of Smoking and Health conducted in 1996, “the national epidemiological survey of smoking and health,” shows that the current population of men in China smoking was 66.94%, 4.19% of female smoking, total The population smoking rate was 37.62%. The average age at which our population started smoking was 19.80 years for males, 24.75 years for females and 20.01 years for the general population,