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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Tobacco Indicators

About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly?*

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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 23,353 1,200 6.4 5.8- 7.1 756 4.1 3.7- 4.6 3,596 16.9 16.0-17.7 2,751 12.0 11.3-12.7 15,050 60.6 59.6-61.7
Arkansas 985 48 7.2 5.1-10.1 31 3.5 2.4- 5.1 134 15.5 12.9-18.6 147 13.7 11.6-16.2 625 60.1 56.4-63.6
Colorado 1,053 59 6.6 4.9- 8.8 39 5.2 3.6- 7.5 161 16.9 14.4-19.7 115 11.5 9.5-13.9 679 59.8 56.3-63.2
Connecticut 1,503 78 6.4 4.8- 8.4 49 3.5 2.5- 4.8 214 14.5 12.6-16.7 173 11.8 9.9-13.9 989 63.8 60.9-66.6
Iowa 1,151 55 6.2 4.6- 8.4 23 2.4 1.4- 4.0 175 16.3 13.8-19.1 130 11.7 9.7-14.1 768 63.4 60.0-66.7
Kentucky 1,636 98 6.5 5.0- 8.5 72 6.3 4.4- 9.0 322 21.7 18.5-25.2 196 12.6 10.4-15.3 948 52.8 49.1-56.5
Louisiana 992 67 7.6 5.8- 9.9 54 5.6 4.1- 7.5 183 19.8 17.1-22.9 100 10.6 8.6-12.9 588 56.4 52.9-59.9
Montana 1,028 44 5.2 3.4- 8.0 28 1.8 1.1- 2.9 165 16.8 13.9-20.1 123 12.1 9.7-15.0 668 64.1 60.0-68.0
Nebraska 1,136 52 4.7 3.5- 6.3 26 3.0 2.0- 4.5 189 17.7 15.3-20.4 132 12.5 10.5-14.9 737 62.0 58.9-65.1
New Hampshire 1,498 68 5.5 4.2- 7.3 45 3.3 2.4- 4.6 202 14.5 12.5-16.7 188 13.4 11.5-15.5 995 63.3 60.4-66.1
New Jersey 2,895 124 5.8 4.7- 7.2 88 3.9 3.0- 5.1 396 15.2 13.7-16.9 346 12.4 11.0-13.9 1,941 62.7 60.5-64.8
North Carolina 2,178 116 7.0 5.1- 9.5 73 4.2 3.0- 5.9 323 16.7 14.3-19.4 215 8.3 6.8-10.0 1,451 63.9 60.6-67.1
Oklahoma 1,684 83 6.4 5.0- 8.2 46 2.9 2.1- 4.1 283 19.1 16.9-21.6 222 13.4 11.6-15.4 1,050 58.2 55.4-60.9
Rhode Island 1,106 69 7.4 5.5- 9.9 36 4.0 2.7- 5.9 158 15.0 12.6-17.8 124 9.8 8.1-11.9 719 63.7 60.2-67.1
Texas 1,188 66 6.9 5.2- 9.1 47 4.7 3.4- 6.6 185 17.7 15.2-20.5 154 13.1 11.1-15.5 736 57.6 54.3-60.8
Virginia 1,229 58 4.9 3.6- 6.8 25 2.7 1.7- 4.3 163 14.7 12.2-17.5 152 12.1 9.9-14.8 831 65.5 61.9-69.0
West Virginia 810 46 6.5 4.7- 8.9 34 4.6 3.2- 6.5 142 16.5 13.9-19.4 95 12.2 9.9-14.9 493 60.3 56.5-64.0
Wyoming 1,022 56 6.4 4.8- 8.5 32 4.0 2.7- 5.9 167 19.4 16.7-22.5 110 10.4 8.5-12.6 657 59.8 56.3-63.2
Virgin Islands 259 13 6.4 3.2-12.4 8 1.8 0.6- 4.8 34 16.4 11.0-23.7 29 11.0 6.8-17.2 175 64.5 56.1-72.1

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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 and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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