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

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 respondents who identified themselves as everyday smokers.

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

Rank

States

Amount

# 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

Alabama:

18.7%

= 8

Delaware:

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%

= 18

Wisconsin:

16.5%

= 20

Nevada:

16.4%

= 20

Wyoming:

16.4%

# 22

Alaska:

16.3%

# 23

Iowa:

16.2%

= 24

Rhode Island:

15.8%

= 24

Virginia:

15.8%

# 26

Montana:

15.7%

# 27

Illinois:

15.4%

= 28

Kansas:

15.2%

= 28

Minnesota:

15.2%

# 30

Georgia:

15%

# 31

Vermont:

14.9%

= 32

Nebraska:

14.8%

= 32

North Dakota:

14.8%

= 34

Maryland:

14.5%

= 34

Florida:

14.5%

= 36

Oregon:

14.2%

= 36

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. via StateMaster

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

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