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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Tobacco Use

During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 54,192 29,522 56.6 55.9-57.4 24,670 43.4 42.6-44.1
Alabama 693 375 56.3 51.8-60.7 318 43.7 39.3-48.2
Alaska 753 427 53.8 47.9-59.5 326 46.2 40.5-52.1
Arizona 661 362 55.6 49.0-62.1 299 44.4 37.9-51.0
Arkansas 971 515 55.3 51.4-59.0 456 44.7 41.0-48.6
California 663 397 63.3 58.7-67.6 266 36.7 32.4-41.3
Colorado 798 429 55.2 51.1-59.1 369 44.8 40.9-48.9
Connecticut 1,048 637 62.0 58.2-65.6 411 38.0 34.4-41.8
Delaware 932 494 54.5 49.3-59.5 438 45.5 40.5-50.7
District of Columbia 469 285 63.9 58.3-69.1 184 36.1 30.9-41.7
Florida 1,328 696 52.0 48.6-55.3 632 48.0 44.7-51.4
Georgia 1,097 644 59.9 56.1-63.6 453 40.1 36.4-43.9
Hawaii 1,201 572 49.0 45.2-52.9 629 51.0 47.1-54.8
Idaho 986 568 58.5 54.5-62.3 418 41.5 37.7-45.5
Illinois 1,153 606 55.7 52.3-58.9 547 44.3 41.1-47.7
Indiana 1,533 850 56.1 53.2-59.1 683 43.9 40.9-46.8
Iowa 794 415 51.6 47.5-55.7 379 48.4 44.3-52.5
Kansas 988 490 50.6 47.0-54.3 498 49.4 45.7-53.0
Kentucky 2,181 1,031 48.3 44.8-51.7 1,150 51.7 48.3-55.2
Louisiana 1,134 652 58.6 55.1-61.9 482 41.4 38.1-44.9
Maine 556 327 61.2 56.6-65.7 229 38.8 34.3-43.4
Maryland 915 479 58.0 53.7-62.3 436 42.0 37.7-46.3
Massachusetts 1,457 866 60.4 57.0-63.6 591 39.6 36.4-43.0
Michigan 1,319 755 59.7 56.3-63.1 564 40.3 36.9-43.7
Minnesota 912 494 56.8 53.1-60.5 418 43.2 39.5-46.9
Mississippi 978 538 57.9 53.9-61.8 440 42.1 38.2-46.1
Missouri 1,205 574 48.8 44.9-52.8 631 51.2 47.2-55.1
Montana 900 456 51.8 47.2-56.3 444 48.2 43.7-52.8
Nebraska 895 486 56.9 52.7-61.0 409 43.1 39.0-47.3
Nevada 773 388 54.0 48.5-59.4 385 46.0 40.6-51.5
New Hampshire 1,118 656 60.4 57.1-63.6 462 39.6 36.4-42.9
New Jersey 1,075 640 60.2 54.2-66.0 435 39.8 34.0-45.8
New Mexico 976 544 56.4 52.5-60.4 432 43.6 39.6-47.5
New York 970 587 62.5 58.8-66.0 383 37.5 34.0-41.2
North Carolina 1,532 851 57.7 53.9-61.4 681 42.3 38.6-46.1
North Dakota 637 323 52.7 48.3-57.1 314 47.3 42.9-51.7
Ohio 1,050 525 51.8 48.1-55.4 525 48.2 44.6-51.9
Oklahoma 1,681 857 52.0 49.0-55.0 824 48.0 45.0-51.0
Oregon 633 340 55.2 50.5-59.8 293 44.8 40.2-49.5
Pennsylvania 3,120 1,647 54.9 52.4-57.3 1,473 45.1 42.7-47.6
Rhode Island 850 527 65.7 62.0-69.3 323 34.3 30.7-38.0
South Carolina 1,159 633 56.4 52.4-60.3 526 43.6 39.7-47.6
South Dakota 970 523 57.5 53.7-61.3 447 42.5 38.7-46.3
Tennessee 804 424 52.7 48.6-56.7 380 47.3 43.3-51.4
Texas 1,350 741 53.8 50.5-57.1 609 46.2 42.9-49.5
Utah 529 332 68.0 62.4-73.2 197 32.0 26.8-37.6
Vermont 835 449 55.3 51.4-59.1 386 44.7 40.9-48.6
Virginia 1,007 539 55.4 50.6-60.1 468 44.6 39.9-49.4
Washington 966 560 57.2 53.1-61.2 406 42.8 38.8-46.9
West Virginia 898 425 48.3 44.5-52.1 473 51.7 47.9-55.5
Wisconsin 974 543 57.3 53.5-61.1 431 42.7 38.9-46.5
Wyoming 800 450 57.8 53.5-62.1 350 42.2 37.9-46.5
Guam 246 162 66.8 59.6-73.4 84 33.2 26.6-40.4
Puerto Rico 490 311 66.5 61.1-71.5 179 33.5 28.5-38.9
Virgin Islands 229 125 56.8 48.8-64.5 104 43.2 35.5-51.2

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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 and currently smoking daily or occasionally.

#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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