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State-specific Prevalence of Current Cigarette and Cigar Smoking Among Adults—United States, 1998

November 19, 1999  / Vol. 48 / No. 45

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The Friday, November 19, 1999, issue of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) contains the study "State-specific Prevalence of Current Cigarette and Cigar Smoking Among Adults---United States, 1998."  This report shows a wide variation in state-specific cigarette smoking prevalence among U.S. adults ranging from a low of 14.2 percent in Utah to a high of 30.8 percent in Kentucky. The median adult current cigarette smoking prevalence was 22.9 percent (25.3 percent for men and 21.0 percent for women) for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, remaining relatively unchanged since 1996. The study also provides first-ever state specific adult cigar prevalence data, which found a more than threefold difference in ever cigar smoking among adults ranging from 14.8 percent in Arizona to 52.0 percent in Alaska.

Other findings of the study include

  • The states with the highest adult current cigarette smoking prevalence were Kentucky (30.8 percent), Nevada (30.4 percent), West Virginia (27.9 percent), Michigan (27.4 percent), and South Dakota (27.3 percent). The lowest adult current cigarette smoking prevalence rates were found in Utah (14.2 percent) followed by Minnesota (18.0 percent), California (19.2 percent), New Jersey (19.2 percent) and Hawaii (19.5 percent).
  • In 1998, current cigarette smoking prevalence was highest among men (36.5 percent) in South Dakota and among women (28.5) in Kentucky. Current smoking prevalence was lowest for both men (15.9 percent) and women (12.5 percent) in Utah.
  • State current cigarette smoking prevalence rates have remained relatively stable throughout the 1990s. Since 1997, a significant decline has been seen in Minnesota (21.8 percent in 1997 and 18.0 percent in 1998), while a significant increase has occurred in South Dakota since 1996 (20.7 percent in 1996, 24.3 percent in 1997, and 27.3 percent in 1998).
  • Past month cigar use was highest in Nevada (7.4 percent), Indiana (7.3 percent), Illinois (7.1 percent), Michigan (6.9 percent), and New Jersey (6.6 percent). Past month cigar use was lowest in Arizona (1.4 percent), Oklahoma (2.3 percent) and Utah (2.5 percent).

State-specific Prevalence of Current Cigarette and Cigar Smoking Among Adults—United States, 1998MMWR Highlights


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