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Excerpts from Utah Has Lowest Smoking Rate in U.S.
 By Mike Cooper, Reuters [11/18/99]

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 Utah had the lowest percentage of smokers of any state in the
 country in 1998, while Kentucky had the highest, federal health experts said Thursday.

 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said 14.2 percent of adults in Utah
 smoked regularly last year, compared with 30.8 percent in tobacco-producing Kentucky.

 Five states have smoking rates below 20 percent, said Michael Eriksen, director of the
 CDC's Office on Smoking and Health. Those are Utah, Minnesota, California, New Jersey
 and Hawaii.

 The national average was 22.9 percent, with 25.3 percent of men and 21 percent of women
 in the 50 states and the District of Columbia reporting in a telephone survey that they
 smoked every day or some days, the CDC said.

Prevalence of Current Cigarette
Smoking Among Adults*

STATE   MEN     WOMEN   BOTH
Alabama 27.2%   22.3%   24.6%
Alaska  28.3%   23.5%   26.0%
Arizona 24.7%   19.2%   21.9%
Ar      28.6%   23.7%   26.0%
Cal     21.9%   16.6%   19.2%
Colo    26.4%   19.5%   22.8%
Conn    21.7%   20.6%   21.1%
Dela    27.3%   21.9%   24.5%
DC      24.5%   19.0%   21.6%
Florida 23.5%   20.6%   22.0%
Georgia 28.0%   19.7%   23.7%
Hawaii  22.3%   16.7%   19.5%
Idaho   21.9%   18.8%   20.3%
Ill     26.0%   20.6%   23.1%
Indiana 29.6%   22.7%   26.0%
Iowa    25.8%   21.1%   23.4%
Kansas  23.0%   19.5%   21.2%
Kent    33.3%   28.5%   30.8%
LA      28.2%   23.1%   25.5%
Maine   21.2%   23.5%   22.4%
MD      24.3%   20.6%   22.4%
Mass    22.5%   19.5%   20.9%
Mich    30.3%   24.8%   27.4%
Minn    19.7%   16.4%   18.0%
Miss    26.9%   21.7%   24.1%
Missour 29.4%   23.6%   26.3%
Montana 21.5%   21.5%   21.5%
Neb     25.2%   19.1%   22.1%
Nevada  32.6%   28.1%   30.4%
NewHamp 25.7%   21.0%   23.3%
NJ      20.9%   17.6%   19.2%
NM      25.1%   20.2%   22.6%
NY      25.9%   22.9%   24.3%
NC      27.4%   22.3%   24.7%
ND      21.8%   18.3%   20.0%
Ohio    29.7%   23.0%   26.2%
Okla    26.7%   21.1%   23.8%
Oregon  21.6%   20.6%   21.1%
Penns   24.0%   23.6%   23.8%
RI      24.1%   21.5%   22.7%
SC      29.8%   20.2%   24.7%
SD      36.5%   18.5%   27.3%
Tenn    30.3%   22.4%   26.1%
Texas   25.3%   18.9%   22.0%
Utah    15.9%   12.5%   14.2%
Vermont 23.6%   21.0%   22.3%
Virg    25.8%   20.2%   22.9%
Wash    22.4%   20.3%   21.4%
WV      29.6%   26.4%   27.9%
Wisc    24.0%   22.9%   23.4%
Wyoming 23.9%   21.7%   22.8%   
MEDIAN  25.3%   21.0%   22.9%

* Persons 18 years or older who reported having smoked at least 100 cigarettes
and who reported smoking either every day or some days
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control

Prevalence of Cigar Smoking Among Adults*


        Ever Cigar Smoking@    Past Month Cigar Smoking#
        EVER    EVER    EVER    CURNT   CURNT   CURNT
STATE   MEN     WOMEN   BOTH    MEN     WOMEN   BOTH

Alabama 65.8    18.4    40.8    11.2    2.0     6.3
Alaska  75.4    26.0    52.0    9.9     2.0     6.1
Arizona 23.1    6.9     14.8    2.9     0.1     1.4
Ark     60.9    13.0    35.6    9.8     1.4     5.4
Cal     63.0    20.7    41.7    10.1    1.8     5.9
Colo    66.9    22.4    44.2    8.2     0.9     4.4
Conn    56.8    13.0    33.8    9.7     1.2     5.2
Dela    52.3    9.0     29.6    9.8     0.5     4.9
DC      32.3    10.5    20.6    7.1     1.0     3.8
Florida 59.4    15.8    36.6    10.8    2.1     6.2
Georgia 64.7    19.0    40.9    10.5    1.8     5.9
Hawaii  53.6    11.6    32.8    6.6     0.8     3.7
Idaho   64.5    18.3    40.9    7.2     1.6     4.3
Ill     68.9    18.4    41.8    13.1    2.0     7.1
Indiana 72.6    18.3    44.2    13.2    2.0     7.3
Iowa    73.5    18.0    44.4    9.7     1.3     5.2
Kansas  49.8    12.5    30.5    5.4     0.5     2.8
Kent    67.5    11.7    38.2    10.4    1.1     5.5
LA      57.6    12.4    33.8    7.8     0.8     4.1
Maine   56.9    14.2    34.6    7.3     1.3     4.1
MD      53.7    15.5    33.7    8.8     1.6     5.0
Mass    60.8    17.1    37.8    11.2    1.2     5.9
Mich    74.5    23.6    47.9    12.1    2.2     6.9
Minn    45.3    16.1    30.3    7.5     1.3     4.3
Miss    66.1    14.3    38.6    9.5     1.0     5.0
Missour 69.0    18.2    42.2    10.9    2.1     6.2
Montana 68.7    16.9    42.1    8.2     0.2     4.1
Nebras  70.4    20.0    44.2    9.5     1.3     5.2
Nevada  71.1    25.6    48.6    11.9    2.9     7.4
NH      66.8    15.9    40.6    10.7    1.5     5.9
NJ      54.3    15.1    33.8    12.5    1.3     6.6
NM      68.6    20.0    43.6    7.7     0.9     4.2
NY      54.4    15.2    33.6    12.1    1.0     6.2
NC      61.0    16.2    37.6    7.6     1.6     4.5
ND      68.1    15.7    41.5    7.0     1.0     4.0
Ohio    65.7    14.8    39.0    10.0    1.8     5.7
Okla    35.4    12.7    23.6    3.5     1.2     2.3
Oregon  72.5    22.3    46.7    8.8     1.1     4.8
Penns   60.0    14.3    35.8    11.9    1.9     6.5
RI      59.3    15.1    36.0    10.8    1.0     5.5
SC      60.6    15.7    37.1    10.0    1.6     5.6
SD      66.2    14.2    39.5    9.7     1.0     5.2
Tenn    46.2    11.3    27.8    7.4     0.8     3.9
Texas   62.9    16.7    39.2    7.5     1.6     4.5
Utah    47.8    13.4    30.2    3.9     1.1     2.5
Vermont 66.8    17.4    41.3    9.6     0.9     5.1
Virg    65.4    15.4    39.6    10.5    1.3     5.7
Wash    69.7    22.4    45.6    9.0     1.4     5.1
WVnia   65.9    15.0    39.0    7.1     1.0     3.8
Wisc    76.7    24.6    49.7    11.8    1.6     6.5
Wyoming 71.9    21.6    46.5    5.9     1.2     3.5

MEDIAN  64.7    15.8    39.0    9.7     1.3     5.2

* Adult means 18 years of age or older
@ Ever means having ever smoked a cigar
# Past month means smoking a cigar within the past month

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control