Smoking Status - Percentage Estimates (95% Confidence Intervals) of the US Household Population, 18 Years and Older.*
| Current Smoker (%) | Former Smoker | Never Smoked | Population Size (thousands) |
Sample Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current† | Every Day | Some Days | |||||
| Total | 18.4 (18.1-18.7) |
14.9 (14.7-15.2) |
3.4 (3.4-3.5) |
19.1 (18.9-19.4) |
62.5 (62.1-62.9) |
211,127 | 234,274 |
| Male | 20.7 (20.3-21.1) |
16.8 (16.5-17.2) |
3.9 (3.8-4.0) |
22.1 (21.8-22.4) |
57.2 (56.7-57.7) |
101,244 | 110,041 |
| Female | 16.2 (15.9-16.6) |
13.2 (13.0-13.5) |
3.0 (2.9-3.1) |
16.3 (16.1-16.6) |
67.4 (67.0-67.8) |
109,883 | 124,233 |
| Region: | |||||||
| Northeast | 17.0 (16.4-17.5) |
13.9 (13.4-14.4) |
3.1 (2.9-3.3) |
20.9 (20.4-21.3) |
62.2 (61.6-62.8) |
40,681 | 50,981 |
| Midwest | 21.1 (20.6-21.6) |
17.5 (17.0-18.0) |
3.6 (3.4-3.8) |
20.3 (19.9-20.7) |
58.6 (58.0-59.3) |
47,954 | 58,480 |
| South | 19.4 (18.9-19.9) |
16.1 (15.6-16.5) |
3.3 (3.2-3.5) |
17.8 (17.4-18.2) |
62.8 (62.1-63.5) |
75,125 | 67,527 |
| West | 15.2 (14.8-15.7) |
11.5 (11.1-12.0) |
3.7 (3.5-3.9) |
18.6 (18.0-19.1) |
66.2 (65.5-66.9) |
47,367 | 57,286 |
| Race/Ethnicity‡: | |||||||
| White | 19.6 (19.3-20.0) |
16.5 (16.2-16.9) |
3.1 (3.0-3.2) |
22.5 (22.2-22.8) |
57.9 (57.5-58.3) |
149,418 | 178,692 |
| Black | 18.2 (17.5-18.9) |
14.0 (13.4-14.6) |
4.2 (3.9-4.5) |
11.8 (11.2-12.4) |
70.0 (69.1-70.9) |
23,401 | 20,008 |
| Hispanic | 12.7 (12.1-13.3) |
8.2 (7.8-8.6) |
4.5 (4.1-4.9) |
9.7 (9.3-10.3) |
77.6 (76.8-78.3) |
25,946 | 22,141 |
| American Indian / Alaska Native | 31.7 (27.8-35.9) |
24.3 (20.9-28.0) |
7.4 (5.9-9.2) |
16.5 (3.9-19.5) |
51.8 (46.7-56.9) |
1,009 | 2,018 |
| Asian / Pacific Islander | 10.2 (9.4-11.2) |
7.5 (6.8-8.3) |
2.7 (2.3-3.2) |
9.6 (8.8-10.4) |
80.1 (79.0-81.2) |
9,089 | 8,234 |
| 2 or more races reported | 28.7 (26.6-30.9) |
23.2 (21.1-25.4) |
5.5 (4.5-6.8) |
19 (17.4-20.7) |
52.4 (50.2-54.5) |
2,265 | 3,181 |
| Age: | |||||||
| 18-24 | 20.0 (19.3-20.6) |
15.4 (14.8-16.0) |
4.6 (4.3-4.9) |
5.3 (5.0-5.7) |
74.7 (74.0-75.4) |
27,133 | 26,462 |
| 25-44 | 21.0 (20.6-21.4) |
16.7 (16.3-17.1) |
4.3 (4.2-4.5) |
12.6 (12.2-12.9) |
66.4 (65.9-66.9) |
82,212 | 88,260 |
| 45-64 | 19.6 (19.2-20.0) |
16.7 (16.4-17.1) |
2.9 (2.7-3.0) |
24.8 (24.4-25.2) |
55.6 (55.0-56.1) |
67,751 | 78,176 |
| 65+ | 8.3 (8.0-8.6) |
6.8 (6.5-7.1) |
1.4 (1.3-1.6) |
34.6 (34.0-35.1) |
57.2 (56.6-57.7) |
34,031 | 41,376 |
| Education§: | |||||||
| <12 years | 21.9 (21.3-22.5) |
18.4 (17.8-19.0) |
3.5 (3.3-3.8) |
19.5 (18.9-20.0) |
58.6 (57.9-59.4) |
27,698 | 29,164 |
| 12 years (HS) | 23.3 (22.8-23.7) |
19.9 (19.5-20.3) |
3.4 (3.2-3.5) |
21.6 (21.2-22.0) |
55.1 (54.5-55.7) |
57,839 | 66,990 |
| 13-15 years | 19.8 (19.3-20.3) |
16.0 (15.6-16.5) |
3.8 (3.6-3.9) |
22.9 (22.4-23.4) |
57.3 (56.7-57.9) |
46,675 | 53,559 |
| 16+ years | 8.9 (8.6-9.2) |
6.4 (6.1-6.7) |
2.5 (2.4-2.7) |
20.0 (19.5-20.4) |
71.1 (70.6-71.6) |
51,781 | 58,099 |
* Based on the 2003 TUSCS-CPS questions: a) Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?; and b) Do you now smoke cigarettes every day, some days, or not at all?
† Current = Every Day + Some Days
‡ In the 2003 CPS, multiple races were allowed. Here "White" equals non-Hispanic, only White race reported; "Black" equals non-Hispanic, only Black race reported; "American Indian/Alaska Native" equals non-Hispanic, only American Indian/Alaska Native race reported; "Asian/Pacific Islander" equals non-Hispanic, only Asian/Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander race reported; "2 or more races reported" equals non-Hispanic, 2 or more races reported. Note more than half of this last category is composed of non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Natives also reporting one or more other races. Also, non-Hispanic Asian/Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islanders reporting some other race(s) make up the next largest subcategory within this grouping (mainly the Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islanders).
§ For analysis involving educational level, only respondents 25 or older are included, as many respondents between 18 and 24 have not yet completed formal education/training.