2014-15 TUS-CPS Data, Table 1: Smoking Status

  1. Behavioral Research Program
  2. Tobacco Control Research Branch (TCRB)
  3. TUS-CPS
  4. TUS-CPS Results
  5. 2014-2015 TUS-CPS Data
  6. Table 1: Smoking Status
Smoking Status - Percentage Estimates (95% Confidence Intervals) of the US Household Population, 18 Years and Older*
  Current %†
(CI)		 Everyday %
(CI)		 Some Days %
(CI)		 Former %
(CI)		 Never %
(CI)		 Population Sample
Total 13.7
13.5–13.9		 10.6
10.4–10.8		 3.1
3.0–3.2		 18.7
18.5–18.9		 67.6
67.3–67.9		 239,864,988 163,073
Sex:
Male 15.4
15.1–15.7		 11.7
11.5–12.0		 3.6
3.5–3.8		 21.8
21.5–22.1		 62.8
62.4–63.2		 115,306,491 72,946
Female 12.2
11.9–12.5		 9.6
9.3–9.8		 2.6
2.5–2.7		 15.8
15.5–16.0		 72.0
71.7–72.3		 124,558,497 90,127
Region:
Northeast 12.7
12.3–13.2		 9.8
9.4–10.3		 2.9
2.7–3.2		 20.6
20.0–21.2		 66.6
65.9–67.4		 43,245,527 28,222
Midwest 16.2
15.7–16.7		 12.7
12.3–13.1		 3.5
3.3–3.7		 21.1
20.6–21.6		 62.7
62.1–63.4		 50,828,400 35,696
South 14.9
14.5–15.4		 11.8
11.5–12.2		 3.1
2.9– 3.3		 17.0
16.7–17.4		 68.0
67.5–68.5		 89,489,287 58,327
West 10.3
9.9–10.7		 7.4
7.1–7.7		 2.9
2.7–3.1		 17.7
17.2–18.2		 72.0
71.4–72.6		 56,301,774 40,828
Race/Ethnicity‡:
White (NH) 15.0
14.8–15.3		 12.1
11.9–12.4		 2.9
2.8–3.0		 22.9
22.6–23.1		 62.1
61.7–62.5		 155,583,945 119,193
Black (NH) 14.7
14.0–15.4		 10.6
10.0–11.2		 4.1
3.7–4.5		 10.8
10.3–11.3		 74.5
73.7–75.3		 28,066,544 16,292
Hispanic 9.1
8.6–9.6		 5.8
5.4–6.2		 3.3
3.0–3.6		 10.6
10.1–11.2		 80.3
79.6–81.0		 37,391,926 17,166
American Indian/Alaska Native (NH) 23.7
20.7–26.8		 18.3
15.7–21.2		 5.4
4.1–7.1		 17.6
15.3–20.1		 58.8
55.1–62.4		 1,704,975 1,571
Asian/Pacific Islander (NH) 7.0
6.3–7.7		 4.5
4.0–5.2		 2.4
2.0–2.9		 9.5
8.8–10.2		 83.6
82.5–84.6		 13,918,531 6,880
2 or more races (NH) 20.3
18.1–22.7		 15.7
13.7–17.9		 4.6
3.6–6.0		 20.2
18.3–22.3		 59.5
56.8–62.1		 3,199,067 1,971
Age:
18-24 13.0
12.2–13.8		 9.1
8.5–9.8		 3.9
3.5–4.3		 5.1
4.6–5.6		 81.9
80.9–82.8		 30,304,348 10,748
25-44 15.4
15.0–15.7		 11.4
11.0–11.7		 4.0
3.8–4.2		 13.5
13.1–13.8		 71.2
70.7–71.6		 81,715,797 53,393
45-64 15.8
15.4–16.1		 12.9
12.6–13.2		 2.9
2.7–3.0		 20.7
20.3–21.1		 63.5
63.1–64.0		 82,439,036 60,056
65+ 7.5
7.2–7.9		 6.1
5.9–6.4		 1.4
1.3–1.5		 33.5
33.0–34.1		 58.9
58.4–59.5		 45,405,807 38,876
Education§:
< 12 years 21.5
20.7–22.4		 17.6
16.9–18.3		 4.0
3.6–4.4		 18.2
17.5–18.9		 60.3
59.3–61.3		 22,558,277 15,332
12 years (HS) 19.5
19.1–20.0		 16.2
15.7–16.6		 3.4
3.2–3.6		 21.9
21.4–22.3		 58.6
58.0–59.1		 56,560,193 42,410
13-15 years 16.1
15.7–16.5		 12.4
12.1–12.8		 3.6
3.4–3.9		 23.5
23.0–24.0		 60.4
59.9–61.0		 57,656,278 42,840
16+ years 5.2
5.0–5.4		 3.3
3.2–3.5		 1.9
1.8–2.0		 18.2
17.8–18.6		 76.5
76.1–77.0		 72,785,892 51,743

* Based on the 2014-15 TUS-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 smoking is therefore represented as the sum of Everyday and Some-day smoking. Former smokers are defined as those who have smoked 100 or more cigarettes, but who were no longer smoking at the time of the interview, and Never smokers were defined as those who had smoked less than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime.

† Current = Every Day + Some Days

‡ In the 2014-15 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.

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September 24, 2020