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Cigarette Smoking
Among
AdultsUnited States, 1993
The December 23, 1994, issue of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
(MMWR) contains the article, "Cigarette smoking among adults--United States,
1993." The study found that 70% of adults who smoke wanted to quit completely.
The Year 2000 Health Objectives
Supplement of the 1993 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) was used to determine the
prevalence of smoking behaviors among adults. The NHIS is the largest survey ever to
measure interest in quitting smoking. In 1993, the NHIS prevalence estimate of cigarette
smoking among adults was the lowest recorded since the survey began measuring smoking in
1965. The rate of decline, however, has decreased in recent years. One-half of all adults
alive who have ever smoked have quit.
The study also found the following:
- Smoking prevalence among U.S. adults (18 years of age and older) is estimated
to be 25% for 1993, compared with 26.3% for 1992. Forty-six million adults currently smoke
(24 million men, 22 million women).
- Thirty-two million American smokers (70% of all adult smokers) report that
they want to quit smoking completely. Women (73%) are more likely to want to quit smoking
than men (67%).
- By 1993 half of all U.S. adults alive who had ever smoked had quit. Smoking
cessation is lowest among high school dropouts compared with that of other education
groups. By 1993, an estimated 38.2% of high school dropouts who had ever smoked had quit,
compared with 45.3% of high school graduates and 65.4% of college graduates.
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