State-Specific Prevalence Among Adults of Current Cigarette Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco Use and Per Capita Tax-Paid Sales of Cigarettes- United States, 1997
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The use of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco varies widely across the US, indicating that reductions in tobacco use are achievable goals. Data from surveys of Americans reveal that in 1997, 25% of men smoked and 21% of women smoked. However, cigarette use ranged from 13.7% of the population in Utah to 30.8% in Kentucky. Rates of smokeless tobacco use also varied, from 1.4% in Arizona to 8.8% in West Virginia. Tobacco taxes also varied, since annual sales of tobacco products ranged from 186.8 packs per capita in Kentucky to 49.1 packs per capita in Hawaii.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
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Prevalence of current cigarette smoking among adults and changes in prevalence of current and some day smoking -- United States, 1996-2001
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One-fourth of all Americans were smokers in 2001, according to data from the 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Smoking percentages ranged from 31% of the residents of Kentucky to 13% of the residents of Utah. All other states fell somewhere in between. One of the objectives of Healthy People 2010 is to reduce the percentage of Americans who smoke to 12% or less.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2003
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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
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The percentage of adults who smoke in the US ranges from 14% in Utah to 31% in Nevada. Only Utah and Puerto Rico have achieved the national health objective for 2000 of reducing the percentage of adults who smoke to 15% or less. The percentage of adults whose workplace had an official smoke-free policy ranged from 61.3% to 82.1%.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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