it is also best known as nicorette

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l-nicotine, nicotine alkaloid, nicotine gum

Cigarette smoking in America:
One in four Americans still smoke cigarettes -- a rate nearly constant during the 1990s -- despite aids such as nicotine patches, nicotine gum and anti-tobacco campaigns, a government study says.

The study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also found that smoking was most common among people ages 18 to 24 (27.9 percent), and least common among older people ages 65 and older (10.9 percent).

Overall, 24.1 percent of Americans ages 18 and older smoked cigarettes in 1998, the latest year for which figures are available, according to the CDC. The rate was 24.7 percent in 1997 and 25.5 percent in 1990.

The study is based on data from the 1998 National Health Interview Survey and includes information from 32,000 people asked about their smoking habits. It is published in the Oct. 6 issue of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

"Recent increases among persons aged 18 to 24 years may reflect the aging of the cohort of high school students among whom current smoking rates were high during the 1990s," the CDC report says. However, the increase also could mean that more young people are starting the habit, the researchers note.

"The high prevalence of smoking among young adults indicates a need to focus tobacco-use prevention and treatment programs on both adolescents and young adults," the researchers say