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Percent of Smokers who Attempt to Quit Smoking, 2008

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 Attempts to Quit Smoking
United States58.2%
Alabama57.8%
Alaska63.2%
Arizona56.4%
Arkansas58.0%
California58.5%
Colorado56.6%
Connecticut62.6%
Delaware54.4%
District of Columbia64.1%
Florida53.3%
Georgia55.4%
Hawaii57.4%
Idaho56.1%
Illinois59.3%
Indiana58.2%
Iowa56.3%
Kansas53.8%
Kentucky55.5%
Louisiana56.8%
Maine56.9%
Maryland59.9%
Massachusetts59.8%
Michigan57.4%
Minnesota56.9%
Mississippi55.7%
Missouri53.9%
Montana55.9%
Nebraska53.5%
Nevada55.1%
New Hampshire61.1%
New Jersey59.1%
New Mexico58.4%
New York63.9%
North Carolina58.3%
North Dakota52.2%
Ohio56.6%
Oklahoma57.5%
Oregon53.3%
Pennsylvania60.3%
Rhode Island66.6%
South Carolina57.8%
South Dakota57.8%
Tennessee61.2%
Texas59.6%
Utah61.4%
Vermont58.1%
Virginia60.0%
Washington55.7%
West Virginia58.9%
Wisconsin59.4%
Wyoming54.7%
Guam66.0%
Puerto Rico66.7%
Virgin Islands59.0%
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U.S. total includes territories. Data represent adults who reported a quit attempt, which is defined as having quit smoking for 1 day or longer within the past 12 months (because trying to stop smoking).
Data are among people who report smoking 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.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data (BRFSS), 2008, unpublished data. Information about the BRFSS is available at http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.htm.

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