Many states have decreased funding levels for tobacco control. In partial response to this, we prepared the following data tables to help you emphasize why comprehensive tobacco control is important.

In addition to data around the four major goal areas, we included sample statements on how to interpret and cite these statistics.

Table 1—Prevalence, Smoking-attributable Deaths, Try to Quit, Projected Deaths
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Table 2—Smoking Prevalence among Adult Population Groups
(PDF–43KB)
Table 3—Secondhand Smoke Policies, Costs of Smoking
(PDF–32KB)
Messages for Data Measures
Data Sources and Definitions

Page last updated 02/28/2007

Content source: Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

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