Tobacco Use former smokers by state. Definition, graph and map.

Rank	States	Amount
# 1	Maine:	31.2%
# 2	Vermont:	30.5%
# 3	Connecticut:	30%
# 4	Rhode Island:	28.7%
# 5	New Hampshire:	28.5%
# 6	Massachusetts:	26.9%
# 7	Minnesota:	26.7%
# 8	Florida:	25.8%
# 9	Washington:	25.3%
= 10	Delaware:	25.1%
= 10	Michigan:	25.1%
= 10	West Virginia:	25.1%
# 13	Montana:	25%
# 14	Wyoming:	24.8%
# 15	Oregon:	24.7%
# 16	Arkansas:	24.6%
= 17	Arizona:	24.4%
= 17	New Jersey:	24.4%
= 17	Nevada:	24.4%
# 20	Colorado:	24.3%
# 21	Wisconsin:	24.2%
= 22	New Mexico:	24.1%
= 22	Missouri:	24.1%
= 22	California:	24.1%
= 22	New York:	24.1%
# 26	Alaska:	23.9%
# 27	Pennsylvania:	23.8%
= 28	North Dakota:	23.6%
= 28	South Dakota:	23.6%
= 30	Idaho:	23.3%
= 30	Virginia:	23.3%
# 32	Maryland:	22.9%
# 33	Indiana:	22.6%
# 34	Oklahoma:	22.5%
= 35	Tennessee:	22.1%
= 35	Ohio:	22.1%
# 37	South Carolina:	21.8%
# 38	Kansas:	21.6%
# 39	Illinois:	21.5%
# 40	Iowa:	21.3%
# 41	North Carolina:	21.2%
# 42	Nebraska:	21.1%
# 43	Georgia:	20.9%
# 44	Alabama:	20.8%
# 45	Kentucky:	20.3%
# 46	Texas:	20.2%
# 47	Louisiana:	19.9%
# 48	Mississippi:	19.2%
# 49	District of Columbia:	19.1%
# 50	Utah:	15.7%
# 51	Puerto Rico:	15.1%
# 52	US Virgin Islands:	9.8%
	Weighted average:	23.3%

DEFINITION: Percent of respondents who identified themselves as a former smoker.

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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