Tobacco Use total current smokers (most recent) by state

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

Rank

States

Amount

# 1

Kentucky:

27.5%

# 2

West Virginia:

26.8%

# 3

Tennessee:

26.1%

# 4

Oklahoma:

26%

# 5

Ohio:

25.8%

# 6

Arkansas:

25.5%

= 7

Alaska:

24.8%

= 7

Alabama:

24.8%

= 7

Indiana:

24.8%

# 10

Mississippi:

24.5%

= 11

Delaware:

24.3%

= 11

South Carolina:

24.3%

# 13

Missouri:

24%

# 14

Louisiana:

23.5%

= 15

Michigan:

23.2%

= 15

Nevada:

23.2%

# 17

North Carolina:

23.1%

# 18

Pennsylvania:

22.7%

# 19

Illinois:

22.2%

# 20

Wisconsin:

21.9%

# 21

Wyoming:

21.7%

# 22

New Hampshire:

21.6%

# 23

Rhode Island:

21.3%

# 24

Maine:

20.9%

= 25

District of Columbia:

20.8%

= 25

Virginia:

20.8%

= 25

Iowa:

20.8%

# 28

Minnesota:

20.7%

= 29

Montana:

20.4%

= 29

Texas:

20.4%

= 31

New Mexico:

20.3%

= 31

South Dakota:

20.3%

= 33

Florida:

20.2%

= 33

Nebraska:

20.2%

= 35

Oregon:

20%

= 35

Colorado:

20%

= 37

Vermont:

19.9%

= 37

New York:

19.9%

= 37

Georgia:

19.9%

= 40

North Dakota:

19.8%

= 40

Kansas:

19.8%

# 42

Maryland:

19.5%

# 43

Washington:

19.2%

# 44

New Jersey:

18.8%

# 45

Arizona:

18.5%

# 46

Massachusetts:

18.4%

# 47

Connecticut:

18%

# 48

Idaho:

17.4%

# 49

California:

14.7%

# 50

Puerto Rico:

12.6%

# 51

Utah:

10.4%

# 52

US Virgin Islands:

9.4%

Weighted average:

21.1%

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. via StateMaster

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

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