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

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Rank   States  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Kentucky: 22.9% 
#2   West Virginia: 21.8% 
#3   Tennessee: 21.5% 
#4   Ohio: 20.8% 
#5   Oklahoma: 19.8% 
#6   Indiana: 19.5% 
#7   Arkansas: 19.4% 
#8   Delaware: 18.7% 
#9   Alabama: 18.7% 
#10   Missouri: 18.4% 
#11   Mississippi: 18% 
#12   South Carolina: 17.9% 
#13   North Carolina: 17.6% 
#14   Pennsylvania: 17.4% 
#15   Michigan: 17.2% 
#16   Maine: 17% 
#17   Louisiana: 16.9% 
#18   New Hampshire: 16.5% 
#19   Wisconsin: 16.5% 
#20   Wyoming: 16.4% 
#21   Nevada: 16.4% 
#22   Alaska: 16.3% 
#23   Iowa: 16.2% 
#24   Rhode Island: 15.8% 
#25   Virginia: 15.8% 
#26   Montana: 15.7% 
#27   Illinois: 15.4% 
#28   Minnesota: 15.2% 
#29   Kansas: 15.2% 
#30   Georgia: 15% 
#31   Vermont: 14.9% 
#32   Nebraska: 14.8% 
#33   North Dakota: 14.8% 
#34   Florida: 14.5% 
#35   Maryland: 14.5% 
#36   Oregon: 14.2% 
#37   New York: 14.2% 
#38   South Dakota: 14% 
#39   Washington: 13.9% 
#40   Colorado: 13.8% 
#41   Massachusetts: 13.6% 
#42   Texas: 13.5% 
#43   Arizona: 13.4% 
#44   Idaho: 13.3% 
#45   New Mexico: 13.2% 
#46   Connecticut: 13.1% 
#47   New Jersey: 13% 
#48   District of Columbia: 12.5% 
#49   California: 10% 
#50   Puerto Rico: 8.2% 
#51   Utah: 7.7% 
#52   US Virgin Islands: 5.9% 
Weighted average: 15.6%  


DEFINITION: Percent of respondents who identified themselves as everyday smokers.

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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