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State-Specific
Prevalence
of
Current
Cigarette
Smoking
Among
Adults
and
the
Proportion
of
Adults
Who
Work
in
a
Smoke-free
Environment
—
United
States,
1999
MMWR Highlights
November 3, 2000 / Vol. 49 / No. 43
- State-specific
smoking
prevalence
among
adults
varied
more
than
twofold
in
1999,
ranging
from
a
low
of
13.9
percent
in
Utah
to
a
high
of
31.5
percent
in
Nevada.
- The
states
with
the
highest
current
smoking
prevalence
among
adults
were
Nevada
(31.5
percent),
Kentucky
(29.7
percent),
and
Ohio
(27.6
percent).
- The
lowest
smoking
prevalence
rates
among
adults
were
found
in
Utah
(13.9
percent),
followed
by
Hawaii
(18.6
percent),
California
(18.7
percent),
Massachusetts
(19.4
percent),
and
Minnesota
(19.5
percent).
Smoking
prevalence
in
Puerto
Rico
(13.7
percent)
was
lower
than
in
any
of
the
50
states.
Utah
and
Puerto
Rico
have
both
met
the
Healthy
People
2000
objective
of
reducing
smoking
prevalence
to
less
than
15
percent.
- The
median
adult
smoking
prevalence
for
all
50
states
and
the
District
of
Columbia
was
22.7
percent
—
24.2
percent
for
men
and
20.9
percent
for
women.
- The
detrimental
health
effects
of
exposure
to
environmental
tobacco
smoke
(ETS)
are
well
documented
and
include
lung
cancer
and
coronary
heart
disease
among
adults,
low
birthweight
and
sudden
infant
death
syndrome
from
exposure
during
and
after
pregnancy,
and
asthma,
bronchitis,
and
pneumonia
in
children.
- Seventeen
states
and
the
District
of
Columbia
were
surveyed
about
the
protection
provided
by
official
workplace
smoking
policies.
Among
respondents
who
primarily
work
indoors,
the
proportion
who
reported
an
official
workplace
policy
that
addressed
smoking
in
public,
common,
or
work
areas
ranged
from
87.1
percent
to
97.1
percent.
- The
proportion
of
all
respondents
who
reported
a
smoke-free
workplace
policy
ranged
from
61.3
percent
in
Mississippi
to
82.0
percent
in
the
District
of
Columbia.
The
proportion
increased
as
the
level
of
education
increased,
ranging
from
a
median
of
63.2
percent
among
those
with
a
high
school
education
or
less
to
72.4
percent
among
those
who
had
some
college
education
and
84.1
percent
among
those
who
were
college
graduates.
- As
of
the
end
of
1999,
laws
restricting
smoking
in
government
work
sites
were
in
effect
in
43
states
and
the
District
of
Columbia.
Of
those,
two
states
require
either
no
smoking
or
designated
smoking
areas
with
separate
ventilation,
and
11
states
prohibit
smoking
entirely.
Twenty-one
states
have
laws
restricting
smoking
in
private
work
sites
—
20
states
limit
smoking
to
designated
areas,
and
one
state
requires
either
no
smoking
or
separate
ventilation
for
smoking
areas.
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