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QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Were Current Cigarette Smokers,* by Race/Ethnicity† --- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2004--2008§

The figure shows the percentage of adults aged ≥18 years in the United States who were current cigarette smokers, by race and ethnicity, based on National Health Interview Survey data for 2004-2008. During that period, 20.5% of adults aged ≥18 years were current cigarette smokers. American Indian /Alaska Native adults (32.7%) were most likely to currently smoke cigarettes, and Asian adults (10.4%) were least likely to be current smokers.

* Current smokers have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and currently smoke every day or some days. Unknowns were not included in the denominators when calculating percentages.

† Race refers to persons who indicated only a single race group and are not of Hispanic ethnicity. Persons of Hispanic ethnicity might be of any race or combination of races.

§ Estimates are age adjusted using the projected 2000 U.S. population as the standard population and using four age groups: 18--24 years, 25--44 years, 45--64 years, and ≥65 years. Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S. population.

95% confidence interval.

** All adults includes other races not shown separately and multiple races.

During 2004--2008, 20.5% of adults aged ≥18 years were current cigarette smokers. American Indian /Alaska Native adults (32.7%) were most likely to currently smoke cigarettes, and Asian adults (10.4%) were least likely to be current smokers.

SOURCE: Barnes PM, Adams PF, Powell-Griner E. Health characteristics of the American Indian and Alaska Native adult population, United States, 2004--2008. National health statistics reports; no. 20. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics; 2010. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/nhsr.htm.

Alternate Text: The figure above shows the percentage of adults aged ≥18 years in the United States who were current cigarette smokers, by race and ethnicity, based on National Health Interview Survey data for 2004-2008. During that period, 20.5% of adults aged ≥18 years were current cigarette smokers. American Indian /Alaska Native adults (32.7%) were most likely to currently smoke cigarettes, and Asian adults (10.4%) were least likely to be current smokers.



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