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Percent of Adults Who Smoke, 2008

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 Adult Smoking Rate
United States18.3%
Alabama22.1%
Alaska21.5%
Arizona15.9%
Arkansas22.3%
California14.0%
Colorado17.6%
Connecticut15.9%
Delaware17.7%
District of Columbia16.2%
Florida17.5%
Georgia19.5%
Hawaii15.4%
Idaho16.8%
Illinois21.3%
Indiana26.0%
Iowa18.7%
Kansas17.8%
Kentucky25.2%
Louisiana20.4%
Maine18.1%
Maryland14.9%
Massachusetts16.0%
Michigan20.4%
Minnesota17.5%
Mississippi22.7%
Missouri24.9%
Montana18.5%
Nebraska18.3%
Nevada22.1%
New Hampshire17.0%
New Jersey14.7%
New Mexico19.3%
New York16.7%
North Carolina20.9%
North Dakota18.1%
Ohio20.1%
Oklahoma24.7%
Oregon16.3%
Pennsylvania21.3%
Rhode Island17.3%
South Carolina20.0%
South Dakota17.5%
Tennessee23.1%
Texas18.5%
Utah9.3%
Vermont16.7%
Virginia16.4%
Washington15.7%
West Virginia26.5%
Wisconsin19.8%
Wyoming19.3%
Guam27.3%
Puerto Rico11.5%
Virgin Islands6.4%
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Notes: 

U.S. total does not include territories.
Data represent adults who reported that they currently smoke every day or some days.
Data based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing, state-based, random-digit-dialed telephone survey of noninstitutionalized civilian adults aged 18 years and older.
Percentages are weighted to reflect population characteristics.

Sources: 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data (BRFSS), accessed 06/05/2009. Available at http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/list.asp?cat=TU&yr=2008&qkey=4396&state=All.



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