State-Specific Prevalence of Current Cigarette Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Adults Aged ≥18 years – United States, 2014

October 7, 2016 / Vol. 65 / No. 39

MMWR Highlights

Current cigarette smoking, smokeless tobacco use and any cigarette/smokeless tobacco use among US adults, by state, 2014

• Current cigarette smoking: ranged from 9.7% in Utah to 26.7% in West Virginia.
• Current smokeless tobacco use: ranged from 1.4% in Hawaii to 8.8% in Montana.
• Current any cigarette/smokeless tobacco use: ranged from 11.3% in Utah to 32.2% in West Virginia.

Current cigarette smoking, smokeless tobacco use, and any cigarette/smokeless tobacco use among US adults by sex, 2014

• Current cigarette smoking was higher among men than women in 34 states.
• Current cigarette smoking among men ranged from 11.2% in Utah to 27.8% in West Virginia.
• Current smokeless tobacco use was higher among men than women in all 44 states for which statistically stable estimates could be computed.
• Current smokeless tobacco use among men ranged from 2.3% in Hawaii to 16.5% in West Virginia.
• Any cigarette/smokeless tobacco use was significantly higher among men than women in all 50 states.
• Any cigarette/smokeless tobacco use among men ranged from 14.1% in Utah to 39.2% in West Virginia.

Any cigarette/smokeless tobacco use among US adults by race/ethnicity, 2014

• Among non-Hispanic whites, any cigarette/smokeless tobacco use ranged from 7.5% in the District of Columbia to 32.4% in West Virginia.
• Among non-Hispanic blacks, any cigarette/smokeless tobacco use ranged from 14.6% in Texas to 36.1% in Vermont.
• Among Hispanics, any cigarette/smokeless tobacco use ranged from 8.0% in Maryland to 45.5% in North Dakota.
• Among non-Hispanic other races, any cigarette/smokeless tobacco use ranged from 9.6% in Maryland to 45.5% in North Dakota.