Conducted by:

Phil Everson, Swarthmore College Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Elaine Zanutto, Wharton School (UPenn) Department of Statistics

Web survey Results:

Of 139 randomly selected students (a 10% sample of 1388 students enrolled in Fall 1999)

we received 106 responses (a 76% response rate).

53 (50%) had never smoked a cigarette.

31 (29%) had smoked, but not in the past 30 days.

17 (16%) had smoked in the last 30 days, but don't smoke every day.

5 ( 5%) usually smoke every day.

Campus mail survey results:

Of 139 randomly selected students we received 107 responses (a 77% response rate).

58 (54%) had never smoked a cigarette.

23 (22%) had smoked, but not in the past 30 days.

14 (13%) had smoked in the last 30 days, but don't smoke every day.

12 ( 11%) usually smoke every day.

Combined results (213 total responses, or 15.3% of the student body):

111 (52%) had never smoked a cigarette.

54 (25%) had smoked, but not in the past 30 days.

31 (15%) had smoked in the last 30 days, but don't smoke every day.

17 ( 8%) usually smoke every day.

Thanks to those who responded!