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Health Statistics > Tobacco use > Occasional smokers (most recent) by state

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Rank   States  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Alaska: 8.4% 
#2   District of Columbia: 8.3% 
#3   New Mexico: 7.1% 
#4   Texas: 6.9% 
#5   Illinois: 6.7% 
#6   Nevada: 6.7% 
#7   Louisiana: 6.6% 
#8   Mississippi: 6.4% 
#9   South Carolina: 6.3% 
#10   Oklahoma: 6.2% 
#11   South Dakota: 6.2% 
#12   Alabama: 6.1% 
#13   Arkansas: 6.1% 
#14   Colorado: 6.1% 
#15   Michigan: 6% 
#16   New Jersey: 5.8% 
#17   Oregon: 5.7% 
#18   New York: 5.7% 
#19   Delaware: 5.6% 
#20   Florida: 5.6% 
#21   Missouri: 5.5% 
#22   Minnesota: 5.5% 
#23   Rhode Island: 5.5% 
#24   North Carolina: 5.5% 
#25   Indiana: 5.3% 
#26   Wisconsin: 5.3% 
#27   Nebraska: 5.3% 
#28   Wyoming: 5.2% 
#29   Pennsylvania: 5.2% 
#30   Washington: 5.2% 
#31   New Hampshire: 5.1% 
#32   Arizona: 5% 
#33   Ohio: 5% 
#34   Vermont: 5% 
#35   West Virginia: 5% 
#36   North Dakota: 5% 
#37   Georgia: 4.9% 
#38   Maryland: 4.9% 
#39   Virginia: 4.9% 
#40   Connecticut: 4.9% 
#41   Massachusetts: 4.7% 
#42   California: 4.7% 
#43   Montana: 4.6% 
#44   Tennessee: 4.6% 
#45   Iowa: 4.5% 
#46   Kentucky: 4.5% 
#47   Kansas: 4.5% 
#48   Puerto Rico: 4.4% 
#49   Idaho: 4% 
#50   Maine: 3.9% 
#51   US Virgin Islands: 3.5% 
#52   Utah: 2.7% 
Weighted average: 5.4%  


DEFINITION: Percent of respondents who said they smoke 'some days'.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.

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