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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.
DEFINITION
Percent of current smokers among the adult population.
Health Statistics > Tobacco use > Total current smokers (most recent) by state
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
States
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Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Kentucky: |
27.5% |
|
| #2 |
West Virginia: |
26.8% |
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| #3 |
Tennessee: |
26.1% |
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| #4 |
Oklahoma: |
26% |
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| #5 |
Ohio: |
25.8% |
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| #6 |
Arkansas: |
25.5% |
|
| #7 |
Alaska: |
24.8% |
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| #8 |
Indiana: |
24.8% |
|
| #9 |
Alabama: |
24.8% |
|
| #10 |
Mississippi: |
24.5% |
|
| #11 |
Delaware: |
24.3% |
|
| #12 |
South Carolina: |
24.3% |
|
| #13 |
Missouri: |
24% |
|
| #14 |
Louisiana: |
23.5% |
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| #15 |
Nevada: |
23.2% |
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| #16 |
Michigan: |
23.2% |
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| #17 |
North Carolina: |
23.1% |
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| #18 |
Pennsylvania: |
22.7% |
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| #19 |
Illinois: |
22.2% |
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| #20 |
Wisconsin: |
21.9% |
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| #21 |
Wyoming: |
21.7% |
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| #22 |
New Hampshire: |
21.6% |
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| #23 |
Rhode Island: |
21.3% |
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| #24 |
Maine: |
20.9% |
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| #25 |
Virginia: |
20.8% |
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| #26 |
District of Columbia: |
20.8% |
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| #27 |
Iowa: |
20.8% |
|
| #28 |
Minnesota: |
20.7% |
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| #29 |
Montana: |
20.4% |
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| #30 |
Texas: |
20.4% |
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| #31 |
South Dakota: |
20.3% |
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| #32 |
New Mexico: |
20.3% |
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| #33 |
Nebraska: |
20.2% |
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| #34 |
Florida: |
20.2% |
|
| #35 |
Colorado: |
20% |
|
| #36 |
Oregon: |
20% |
|
| #37 |
Vermont: |
19.9% |
|
| #38 |
Georgia: |
19.9% |
|
| #39 |
New York: |
19.9% |
|
| #40 |
Kansas: |
19.8% |
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| #41 |
North Dakota: |
19.8% |
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| #42 |
Maryland: |
19.5% |
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| #43 |
Washington: |
19.2% |
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| #44 |
New Jersey: |
18.8% |
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| #45 |
Arizona: |
18.5% |
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| #46 |
Massachusetts: |
18.4% |
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| #47 |
Connecticut: |
18% |
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| #48 |
Idaho: |
17.4% |
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| #49 |
California: |
14.7% |
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| #50 |
Puerto Rico: |
12.6% |
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| #51 |
Utah: |
10.4% |
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| #52 |
US Virgin Islands: |
9.4% |
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Weighted average: |
21.1% |
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DEFINITION: Percent of current smokers among the adult population.
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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