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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Tobacco Use

Do you now smoke cigarettes everyday, some days, or not at all?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Everyday Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 118506 42,993 37.3 36.8-37.8 11,335 10.9 10.5-11.3 64,178 51.8 51.3-52.3
Alabama 1,426 550 40.3 37.2-43.4 145 10.9 9.0-13.2 731 48.8 45.7-51.9
Alaska 1,469 563 39.9 36.0-44.0 191 13.5 11.0-16.4 715 46.6 42.7-50.6
Arizona 1,584 523 37.2 33.1-41.4 139 11.8 9.4-14.6 922 51.1 47.1-55.0
Arkansas 1,989 789 42.0 39.4-44.5 184 9.4 8.0-11.1 1,016 48.6 46.1-51.1
California 1,793 459 27.5 24.9-30.2 205 13.2 11.1-15.7 1,129 59.3 56.4-62.2
Colorado 1,889 611 34.0 31.5-36.6 189 10.3 8.8-12.1 1,089 55.7 53.0-58.4
Connecticut 2,847 807 29.0 27.0-31.1 245 10.0 8.5-11.7 1,795 61.0 58.7-63.2
Delaware 2,090 759 38.3 35.0-41.8 175 10.1 8.3-12.3 1,156 51.6 48.2-55.0
District of Columbia 1,033 305 32.8 29.2-36.7 170 17.2 14.3-20.5 558 50.0 46.1-53.8
Florida 2,990 1,079 37.7 35.7-39.9 253 9.0 7.7-10.4 1,658 53.3 51.2-55.4
Georgia 2,281 852 38.7 36.1-41.3 248 12.2 10.4-14.3 1,181 49.1 46.5-51.7
Hawaii 2,756 990 37.8 35.4-40.4 212 8.6 7.2-10.2 1,554 53.6 51.0-56.1
Idaho 2,231 788 36.4 34.0-39.0 200 9.5 8.0-11.2 1,243 54.0 51.5-56.6
Illinois 2,443 904 38.9 36.6-41.1 249 11.1 9.6-12.7 1,290 50.1 47.8-52.4
Indiana 2,926 1,268 45.1 43.1-47.2 265 9.1 8.0-10.5 1,393 45.7 43.7-47.8
Iowa 1,698 660 40.4 37.7-43.2 135 9.3 7.7-11.3 903 50.3 47.4-53.1
Kansas 2,133 803 37.9 35.6-40.2 192 9.7 8.2-11.5 1,138 52.4 50.0-54.8
Kentucky 3,774 1,945 53.4 50.7-56.1 241 6.3 5.3- 7.6 1,588 40.3 37.7-42.9
Louisiana 2,150 914 44.1 41.6-46.6 224 11.4 9.7-13.2 1,012 44.5 42.1-47.0
Maine 1,379 464 34.4 31.6-37.4 93 7.0 5.6- 8.7 822 58.6 55.6-61.5
Maryland 2,041 713 35.8 33.0-38.7 204 12.3 10.3-14.6 1,124 51.9 49.0-54.8
Massachusetts 3,669 1,103 30.0 28.1-32.0 361 9.4 8.3-10.7 2,205 60.6 58.5-62.6
Michigan 3,009 1,059 37.7 35.5-40.0 263 9.4 8.1-10.9 1,687 52.9 50.6-55.1
Minnesota 2,186 692 33.4 31.1-35.7 223 11.4 9.8-13.1 1,271 55.3 52.8-57.6
Mississippi 1,847 775 45.2 42.3-48.1 207 12.5 10.6-14.7 865 42.3 39.6-45.0
Missouri 2,376 984 42.3 39.5-45.2 223 8.7 7.3-10.3 1,169 49.0 46.2-51.8
Montana 2,001 684 33.2 30.5-36.1 219 11.6 9.7-13.7 1,098 55.2 52.2-58.1
Nebraska 1,956 713 39.0 36.3-41.9 184 10.8 9.1-12.8 1,059 50.1 47.4-52.9
Nevada 1,691 624 41.5 37.8-45.2 152 9.8 7.9-12.1 915 48.7 45.1-52.3
New Hampshire 2,729 898 34.8 32.7-36.9 221 8.6 7.5-10.0 1,610 56.6 54.4-58.8
New Jersey 2,866 797 31.1 27.7-34.9 282 11.1 8.8-13.9 1,787 57.7 53.9-61.5
New Mexico 2,274 712 31.7 29.4-34.2 264 13.2 11.4-15.3 1,298 55.1 52.5-57.6
New York 2,184 740 35.7 33.3-38.2 231 11.5 9.9-13.3 1,213 52.8 50.3-55.3
North Carolina 3,271 1,236 42.1 39.5-44.7 299 10.1 8.4-12.2 1,736 47.8 45.2-50.4
North Dakota 1,427 494 34.1 31.4-36.9 145 10.6 8.9-12.7 788 55.3 52.3-58.2
Ohio 2,084 856 41.7 39.2-44.3 197 10.2 8.6-11.9 1,031 48.1 45.5-50.7
Oklahoma 3,282 1,391 45.2 43.1-47.3 291 9.9 8.6-11.3 1,600 45.0 42.9-47.1
Oregon 1,564 482 34.2 31.4-37.2 151 10.1 8.5-12.1 931 55.6 52.7-58.5
Pennsylvania 6,652 2,502 38.7 37.1-40.4 628 10.1 9.1-11.2 3,522 51.2 49.5-52.8
Rhode Island 2,039 667 33.7 31.3-36.2 185 9.4 8.0-11.0 1,187 56.9 54.4-59.4
South Carolina 2,255 932 42.7 40.0-45.5 231 11.3 9.5-13.5 1,092 45.9 43.2-48.7
South Dakota 2,136 750 38.8 36.3-41.4 221 11.4 9.7-13.2 1,165 49.8 47.3-52.3
Tennessee 1,446 660 49.3 46.2-52.3 145 10.5 8.6-12.7 641 40.3 37.4-43.2
Texas 2,678 995 38.0 35.7-40.3 358 14.2 12.6-16.0 1,325 47.8 45.5-50.1
Utah 1,334 414 33.2 29.8-36.8 116 9.4 7.4-12.0 804 57.3 53.6-61.0
Vermont 2,265 661 31.3 29.1-33.6 176 8.2 7.0- 9.7 1,428 60.5 58.1-62.7
Virginia 2,078 824 41.1 38.1-44.3 186 11.2 8.8-14.0 1,068 47.7 44.6-50.8
Washington 2,418 743 32.9 30.5-35.4 226 10.1 8.6-11.8 1,449 57.0 54.4-59.5
West Virginia 1,762 747 45.1 42.5-47.8 155 8.9 7.5-10.5 860 46.0 43.4-48.6
Wisconsin 2,180 766 36.5 34.1-39.0 211 9.6 8.2-11.2 1,203 53.9 51.4-56.4
Wyoming 1,790 641 38.3 35.6-41.1 161 8.8 7.4-10.5 988 52.8 50.1-55.6
Guam 369 191 52.3 46.2-58.4 58 15.0 11.3-19.6 120 32.7 27.1-38.7
Puerto Rico 1,230 343 29.2 26.0-32.5 147 14.7 12.2-17.6 740 56.1 52.6-59.6
Virgin Islands 536 171 32.5 27.7-37.7 59 11.3 8.5-14.9 306 56.2 50.9-61.3

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life.

#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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