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Section III

Risk Factors and Use of Preventive Services, United States

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Cigarette Smoking Among Adults

Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. Tobacco use increases the risk for lung and other cancers, cardiovascular disease, chronic lung disease, and adverse reproductive outcomes. Quitting smoking has major and immediate health benefits for men and women of all ages. Smokers who quit will, on average, live longer and have fewer years of disability.

Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 440,000 deaths each year, or one in every five deaths. Almost 10% of these deaths are a result of exposure to second hand smoke.
About 8.6 million people in the United States have at least one serious illness caused by smoking.
The direct and indirect costs of smoking-related illnesses total more than $157 billion each year.
The prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults in the United States in 2002 ranged from 13% in Utah to 33% in Kentucky.

Percentage of Adults Who Reported Cigarette Smoking,^* 2002

Percentage of Adults Who Reported Cigarette Smoking,* 2002

^* Ever smoked at least 100 cigarettes and now smoke every day or some days
Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

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Percentage of Adults Who Reported Current Cigarette Smoking,* by Sex, Race, and Ethnicity, 2002

State	Total	Male	Female	White	Black^†	Asian/Pacific Islander^†	American Indian/Alaska Native^†	Hispanic^†	Multiracial^†

ALABAMA	24.4	27.5	21.5	24.0	21.5	-	-	31.7	-
ALASKA	29.3	32.0	26.5	24.6	-	24.7	42.4	38.3	50.3
ARIZONA	23.4	26.9	20.0	24.6	19.6	-	16.0	17.6	-
ARKANSAS	26.3	28.7	24.2	26.3	22.7	-	42.0	24.2	34.7
CALIFORNIA	16.4	19.6	13.3	16.9	18.1	10.3	-	16.3	25.4
COLORADO	20.4	21.4	19.4	19.4	22.8	16.8	-	23.1	22.6
CONNECTICUT	19.4	20.6	18.3	19.3	17.9	10.5	-	22.1	-
DELAWARE	24.7	25.3	24.1	25.6	25.6	8.3	-	18.1	-
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	20.4	23.7	17.6	14.8	22.3	25.0	-	28.0	-
FLORIDA	22.0	23.5	20.7	23.4	17.5	20.1	33.4	19.3	-
GEORGIA	23.2	26.6	20.1	24.6	18.9	-	-	17.3	36.6
HAWAII	21.0	26.1	16.0	20.1	21.9	18.2	-	12.9	32.8
IDAHO	20.6	21.5	19.6	20.3	-	-	32.6	21.3	30.4
ILLINOIS	22.8	26.1	19.8	23.7	24.0	10.3	-	17.7	-
INDIANA	27.6	29.7	25.8	27.3	27.6	29.1	-	24.5	36.3
IOWA	23.2	26.3	20.3	22.9	-	-	-	24.8	-
KANSAS	22.1	23.3	21.0	21.9	24.7	-	-	18.9	26.6
KENTUCKY	32.6	34.8	30.5	32.3	36.2	-	-	47.5	-
LOUISIANA	23.9	26.5	21.5	24.9	22.3	-	38.4	20.2	15.0
MAINE	23.6	26.4	21.0	23.8	-	-	-	-	-
MARYLAND	21.9	25.6	18.7	21.4	23.8	13.2	-	17.8	-
MASSACHUSETTS	18.9	20.1	17.9	18.9	15.9	10.8	-	21.3	-
MICHIGAN	24.2	25.0	23.4	23.9	25.3	6.7	-	29.5	34.4
MINNESOTA	21.7	24.3	19.3	21.3	26.9	17.8	-	25.2	-
MISSISSIPPI	27.3	33.1	22.1	27.9	24.7	-	-	33.3	-
MISSOURI	26.5	29.6	23.8	25.4	36.5	-	45.3	24.7	37.1
MONTANA	21.2	21.2	21.2	20.0	-	-	45.1	23.4	-
NEBRASKA	22.7	26.4	19.3	22.4	30.2	-	-	24.7	-
NEVADA	26.0	28.5	23.5	24.9	29.9	24.5	-	22.8	42.4
NEW HAMPSHIRE	23.2	23.9	22.5	22.7	-	-	35.4	34.0	-
NEW JERSEY	19.0	20.5	17.7	20.6	17.9	12.2	-	15.6	-
NEW MEXICO	21.2	23.3	19.3	20.8	22.4	-	19.8	21.7	-
NEW YORK	22.3	25.8	19.2	23.2	19.7	12.1	-	21.5	23.2
NORTH CAROLINA	26.3	30.5	22.3	27.8	22.6	15.3	22.9	22.8	24.1
NORTH DAKOTA	21.5	23.0	20.0	19.3	-	-	60.3	-	-
OHIO	26.6	28.4	25.0	27.0	21.0	-	-	20.9	-
OKLAHOMA	26.6	29.7	23.7	26.4	25.9	21.0	37.6	19.3	23.8
OREGON	22.4	24.7	20.3	22.2	-	11.8	-	22.0	27.9
PENNSYLVANIA	24.5	26.1	23.1	23.7	28.7	23.8	38.2	24.9	34.1
RHODE ISLAND	22.4	24.1	20.9	22.3	27.1	-	-	15.8	-
SOUTH CAROLINA	26.6	29.0	24.3	27.7	21.1	-	-	33.5	42.7
SOUTH DAKOTA	22.6	25.6	19.7	21.2	-	-	38.9	33.5	-
TENNESSEE	27.7	30.9	24.8	28.5	23.7	-	-	20.9	-
TEXAS	22.9	26.7	19.2	25.1	21.4	8.3	52.5	18.9	29.0
UTAH	12.8	14.2	11.4	12.3	-	-	-	15.3	-
VERMONT	21.1	21.5	20.8	20.6	-	-	-	20.2	-
VIRGINIA	24.6	28.7	20.8	24.6	19.7	29.7	-	26.0	41.3
WASHINGTON	21.5	23.6	19.4	21.5	16.0	13.8	30.9	19.7	32.8
WEST VIRGINIA	28.4	29.8	27.2	27.8	19.9	-	-	-	43.8
WISCONSIN	23.3	25.4	21.4	22.8	27.8	-	37.9	26.4	-
WYOMING	23.7	25.3	22.0	22.1	-	-	-	27.7	-

UNITED STATES	22.7	25.3	20.2	23.4	21.8	13.6	38.5	19.1	30.4

^* Ever smoked at least 100 cigarettes and now smoke every day or some days.
^† A dash indicates that the state sample had too few respondents (fewer than 50) in this category to calculate a stable estimate.
Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Page last reviewed: October 31, 2005
Page last modified: October 31, 2005
Archive Date: April 8, 2008

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