A July 2004 Gallup Poll found that 62% of Americans drink alcoholic beverages, such as liquor (distilled spirits), wine, or beer, down from 66% in 2002, yet up from 58% in 1996. (See Table 10.1.) Nearly four in ten (38%) were "teetotalers," or total abstainers. Since about 1990, the levels of those who drank alcoholic beverages remained below the 71% the Gallup Poll recorded in 1976,…
While most Americans do not smoke, about one-quarter of them do. A November 2004 Gallup survey on smoking reported that 25% of the adults interviewed said they had smoked cigarettes during the past week, down from 40% in 1969 and 45% in 1954. (See Figure 5.7 in Chapter 5.) Most smokers consumed one pack (33%) or less (52%) a day, while 14% smoked more than one pack per day, down from a high of 30%…
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