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2003 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 56,626 29,201 53.6 52.9-54.4 27,425 46.4 45.6-47.1
Alabama 805 410 52.4 48.3-56.6 395 47.6 43.4-51.7
Alaska 719 401 55.1 49.7-60.3 318 44.9 39.7-50.3
Arizona 613 309 52.4 45.9-58.8 304 47.6 41.2-54.1
Arkansas 1,010 489 49.1 45.5-52.7 521 50.9 47.3-54.5
California 701 398 58.2 53.8-62.6 303 41.8 37.4-46.2
Colorado 723 374 53.3 49.1-57.5 349 46.7 42.5-50.9
Connecticut 958 518 56.2 52.6-59.8 440 43.8 40.2-47.4
Delaware 864 425 50.0 45.3-54.7 439 50.0 45.3-54.7
District of Columbia 382 195 52.5 45.9-58.9 187 47.5 41.1-54.1
Florida 1,157 585 52.8 48.3-57.4 572 47.2 42.6-51.7
Georgia 1,680 915 55.2 51.8-58.5 765 44.8 41.5-48.2
Hawaii 1,208 554 44.2 40.7-47.9 654 55.8 52.1-59.3
Idaho 984 499 52.5 48.7-56.3 485 47.5 43.7-51.3
Illinois 1,147 589 52.7 48.6-56.8 558 47.3 43.2-51.4
Indiana 1,388 708 53.2 50.2-56.2 680 46.8 43.8-49.8
Iowa 1,015 491 50.5 46.6-54.3 524 49.5 45.7-53.4
Kansas 923 414 45.6 41.8-49.5 509 54.4 50.5-58.2
Kentucky 2,209 1,032 49.3 46.0-52.6 1,177 50.7 47.4-54.0
Louisiana 1,250 650 54.2 50.9-57.5 600 45.8 42.5-49.1
Maine 561 298 53.7 48.9-58.4 263 46.3 41.6-51.1
Maryland 866 438 53.3 48.9-57.6 428 46.7 42.4-51.1
Massachusetts 1,525 857 55.7 52.4-59.0 668 44.3 41.0-47.6
Michigan 798 482 61.3 57.2-65.2 316 38.7 34.8-42.8
Minnesota 770 410 54.7 50.6-58.7 360 45.3 41.3-49.4
Mississippi 1,057 583 58.1 54.5-61.6 474 41.9 38.4-45.5
Missouri 1,104 515 48.0 43.7-52.3 589 52.0 47.7-56.3
Montana 880 452 51.9 47.2-56.5 428 48.1 43.5-52.8
Nebraska 990 511 53.5 49.8-57.1 479 46.5 42.9-50.2
Nevada 699 332 46.9 41.7-52.2 367 53.1 47.8-58.3
New Hampshire 1,024 517 52.5 48.8-56.2 507 47.5 43.8-51.2
New Jersey 2,125 1,123 55.9 53.3-58.5 1,002 44.1 41.5-46.7
New Mexico 1,175 587 51.3 47.8-54.8 588 48.7 45.2-52.2
New York 1,164 635 56.7 53.3-60.1 529 43.3 39.9-46.7
North Carolina 2,153 1,108 52.6 49.1-56.0 1,045 47.4 44.0-50.9
North Dakota 634 318 51.6 47.0-56.1 316 48.4 43.9-53.0
Ohio 942 475 50.0 46.0-54.1 467 50.0 45.9-54.0
Oklahoma 1,770 860 49.2 46.4-52.0 910 50.8 48.0-53.6
Oregon 794 419 52.6 48.5-56.7 375 47.4 43.3-51.5
Pennsylvania 851 430 52.4 48.5-56.2 421 47.6 43.8-51.5
Rhode Island 863 471 56.0 51.8-60.1 392 44.0 39.9-48.2
South Carolina 1,400 734 55.3 52.2-58.4 666 44.7 41.6-47.8
South Dakota 1,139 621 57.3 53.8-60.8 518 42.7 39.2-46.2
Tennessee 643 312 51.2 46.7-55.7 331 48.8 44.3-53.3
Texas 1,232 615 52.0 48.7-55.3 617 48.0 44.7-51.3
Utah 518 299 58.1 52.0-64.0 219 41.9 36.0-48.0
Vermont 788 400 50.5 46.2-54.8 388 49.5 45.2-53.8
Virginia 1,223 613 52.5 48.7-56.2 610 47.5 43.8-51.3
Washington 3,555 1,898 55.1 52.9-57.2 1,657 44.9 42.8-47.1
West Virginia 873 432 49.9 46.0-53.8 441 50.1 46.2-54.0
Wisconsin 891 447 49.3 45.1-53.5 444 50.7 46.5-54.9
Wyoming 931 483 52.1 48.4-55.8 448 47.9 44.2-51.6
Guam 253 158 61.0 53.8-67.7 95 39.0 32.3-46.2
Puerto Rico 498 303 60.5 54.7-66.0 195 39.5 34.0-45.3
Virgin Islands 201 109 59.5 50.9-67.6 92 40.5 32.4-49.1

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

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