Data/Reports

MMWR - Cigarette Smoking Among Adults-United States, 2005
The 8-year decline in U.S. adult smoking rates may have stalled. Between 2004 and 2005, there was no observed change in U.S. adult smoking rates. In 2005, 20.9 percent-45.1 million people-in the United States were current smokers, and 50.8 percent of ever smokers-46.5 million people-had successfully quit. To view the full report, highlights and press release on the Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS) website, click here. To read a press release from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids click here.

MMWR - State-Specific Prevalence of Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults and Secondhand Smoke Rules and Policies in Homes and Workplaces-United States, 2005
Adult smoking prevalence varied considerably across 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (range: 8.3 percent to 28.7 percent). In addition, CDC reports significant variation among the proportion of adults protected by smoke-free workplace policies (range: 54.8 percent to 85.8 percent) and the proportion of adults who protect themselves and their families from secondhand smoke in the home (range: 63.6 percent to 82.9 percent).
To view the full report, highlights and press release on the TIPS website, click here.

National Health Interview Survey Data
The National Center for Health Statistics has released preliminary analysis of the NHIS 2006 data, which includes several estimates for smoking prevalence among adults 18 and older. View the data click here.

NIH State-of-the-Science Conference on Tobacco Use: Prevention, Cessation, and Control Final Statement
The Final Statement of the June 12-14, 2006 NIH State-of-the-Science Conference on Tobacco Use: Prevention, Cessation, and Control is available here.

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