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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Tobacco Indicators

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  Total
Respond.#
Within 6 months Within 1 year Within 5 years Within 10 years More than 10 years ago
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 23,699 1,356 6.9 6.3- 7.5 836 4.1 3.7- 4.5 3,873 17.4 16.7-18.2 2,679 11.5 10.9-12.1 14,955 60.1 59.1-61.1
Alabama 634 35 6.9 4.5-10.4 21 4.1 2.4- 6.8 118 18.6 15.4-22.3 93 14.3 11.4-17.7 367 56.1 51.6-60.6
Arizona 825 47 6.9 4.7-10.1 30 4.4 2.9- 6.7 141 18.2 14.9-22.2 78 11.5 8.5-15.2 529 59.0 54.2-63.6
Arkansas 887 46 6.3 4.6- 8.6 26 3.5 2.2- 5.3 124 15.5 12.9-18.5 113 12.1 10.0-14.6 578 62.6 59.0-66.2
Colorado 976 66 6.8 5.2- 8.7 42 4.9 3.5- 6.7 163 18.1 15.4-21.2 108 11.5 9.4-14.1 597 58.7 55.0-62.3
Delaware 1,030 49 4.7 3.2- 6.9 42 3.7 2.6- 5.3 144 17.7 14.2-22.0 112 11.3 8.8-14.5 683 62.6 58.1-66.9
Florida 1,517 92 6.0 4.8- 7.5 67 5.5 4.2- 7.3 238 16.3 14.2-18.6 155 10.2 8.6-12.2 965 62.0 59.1-64.8
Indiana 1,253 74 6.5 5.0- 8.5 47 4.1 3.0- 5.7 225 19.3 16.8-22.0 166 13.3 11.3-15.5 741 56.7 53.6-59.8
Iowa 780 40 5.8 4.0- 8.3 24 3.8 2.4- 6.0 110 15.8 13.0-19.2 68 8.4 6.4-11.1 538 66.1 61.9-70.0
Louisiana 900 68 7.7 6.0-10.0 41 4.5 3.2- 6.3 169 20.1 17.2-23.4 98 10.3 8.3-12.7 524 57.3 53.6-61.0
Maine 748 48 7.1 5.3- 9.5 34 4.8 3.3- 6.9 113 16.2 13.5-19.3 84 10.7 8.6-13.3 469 61.2 57.3-65.0
Nebraska 908 45 5.4 3.9- 7.4 35 4.8 3.3- 7.0 166 19.5 16.4-23.0 80 9.9 7.8-12.4 582 60.4 56.6-64.2
New Jersey 1,556 82 6.1 3.4-10.6 57 3.1 2.0- 4.8 241 15.9 12.5-19.9 143 10.5 7.7-14.3 1,033 64.4 59.2-69.4
North Carolina 1,545 104 7.6 5.7-10.1 55 4.5 3.1- 6.5 266 18.0 15.3-21.0 147 9.3 7.4-11.6 973 60.6 56.9-64.2
North Dakota 689 31 4.6 3.1- 6.7 26 4.1 2.7- 6.1 119 18.3 15.2-21.9 72 10.1 8.0-12.8 441 62.9 58.8-66.8
Ohio 917 63 7.4 5.5- 9.8 31 3.8 2.6- 5.6 156 19.1 16.0-22.5 127 12.7 10.5-15.3 540 57.0 53.0-60.9
Oklahoma 1,477 76 6.2 4.8- 8.0 42 3.9 2.8- 5.4 233 17.5 15.2-19.9 179 12.5 10.6-14.7 947 59.9 56.8-62.9
Rhode Island 1,065 64 6.8 5.2- 8.9 36 3.3 2.3- 4.8 172 17.1 14.5-19.9 130 12.5 10.3-15.0 663 60.3 56.9-63.6
South Carolina 935 46 5.6 3.9- 8.0 30 3.1 1.9- 5.0 158 17.9 14.8-21.6 123 14.2 11.4-17.5 578 59.2 55.0-63.3
Texas 1,159 72 8.1 6.0-11.0 38 3.8 2.7- 5.4 196 17.7 15.1-20.6 153 12.9 10.8-15.2 700 57.5 54.0-61.0
Virginia 913 54 8.4 6.0-11.6 26 2.8 1.7- 4.4 146 16.5 13.6-19.8 96 10.8 8.3-13.9 591 61.6 57.3-65.7
West Virginia 782 32 4.7 3.3- 6.8 20 2.4 1.5- 4.0 121 16.2 13.4-19.3 77 10.0 7.9-12.6 532 66.7 62.9-70.3
Wisconsin 1,040 66 7.1 5.4- 9.3 33 3.8 2.4- 6.0 163 15.8 13.3-18.6 123 11.1 9.1-13.4 655 62.2 58.7-65.7
Wyoming 902 50 5.9 4.4- 7.8 29 3.1 2.1- 4.6 150 19.4 16.4-22.8 119 12.7 10.5-15.3 554 58.9 55.2-62.5
Virgin Islands 261 6 1.7 0.7- 4.1 4 1.9 0.7- 5.5 41 14.3 9.9-20.1 35 14.2 9.5-20.9 175 67.9 60.4-74.5

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked only of respondents who were former smokers.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

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