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

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


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Rank   States  Amount 
# 1   Alaska: 8.4% 
# 2   District of Columbia: 8.3% 
# 3   New Mexico: 7.1% 
# 4   Texas: 6.9% 
= 5   Illinois: 6.7% 
= 5   Nevada: 6.7% 
# 7   Louisiana: 6.6% 
# 8   Mississippi: 6.4% 
# 9   South Carolina: 6.3% 
= 10   South Dakota: 6.2% 
= 10   Oklahoma: 6.2% 
= 12   Alabama: 6.1% 
= 12   Colorado: 6.1% 
= 12   Arkansas: 6.1% 
# 15   Michigan: 6% 
# 16   New Jersey: 5.8% 
= 17   Oregon: 5.7% 
= 17   New York: 5.7% 
= 19   Delaware: 5.6% 
= 19   Florida: 5.6% 
= 21   Rhode Island: 5.5% 
= 21   Missouri: 5.5% 
= 21   Minnesota: 5.5% 
= 21   North Carolina: 5.5% 
= 25   Indiana: 5.3% 
= 25   Wisconsin: 5.3% 
= 25   Nebraska: 5.3% 
= 28   Pennsylvania: 5.2% 
= 28   Washington: 5.2% 
= 28   Wyoming: 5.2% 
# 31   New Hampshire: 5.1% 
= 32   Ohio: 5% 
= 32   Arizona: 5% 
= 32   West Virginia: 5% 
= 32   Vermont: 5% 
= 32   North Dakota: 5% 
= 37   Connecticut: 4.9% 
= 37   Georgia: 4.9% 
= 37   Maryland: 4.9% 
= 37   Virginia: 4.9% 
= 41   Massachusetts: 4.7% 
= 41   California: 4.7% 
= 43   Tennessee: 4.6% 
= 43   Montana: 4.6% 
= 45   Iowa: 4.5% 
= 45   Kentucky: 4.5% 
= 45   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. via StateMaster

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