European Health Survey USE AND EXPOSURE TO TOBACCO Average age at beginning to use tobacco of daily smokers, by sex and country of birth. Average and standard deviation. Population aged 15 years old and over that smokes daily. Units: Average and standard deviation Average Standard deviation Both sexes Total 17.38 4.81 Spain 17.22 4.63 Abroad 18.57 5.86 Men Total 17.07 4.54 Spain 16.89 4.34 Abroad 18.51 5.72 Women Total 17.80 5.13 Spain 17.69 4.99 Abroad 18.66 6.05 Notes: 1) The symbol '.' shall be deemed as datum which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample The symbol '..' shall be deemed as datum which is not collected for that classification of the table The data corresponding to cells with less than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error Source: National Statistics Institute