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Denise B. Kandel, PhD, Gebre-Egziabher Kiros, PhD, Christine Schaffran, MA and Mei-Chen Hu, PhD

Denise B. Kandel is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, and the Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY. At the time of the study, Gebre-Egziabher Kiros was with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health. Christine Schaffran is with the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Mei-Chen Hu is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health.

View larger version (12K): [in a new window]   FIGURE 1—— Estimated hazard functions of smoking initiation, by age and race/ethnicity.

View larger version (12K): [in a new window]   FIGURE 2—— Estimated hazard functions of progression to daily smoking, by years since onset and race/ethnicity.