Table 1.37b
Percent of current smokers age 18 and over who reported receiving advice to quit smoking, by State, 2001 and 2004
  2004 2001
State Percenta Standard error Percenta Standard error
Total (all reporting States) 67.1 0.6 70.6 0.6
Alabama DNC DNC DNC DNC
Alaska DNC DNC 73.2 2.7
Arizona 59.4 3.1 70.6 3.1
Arkansas 58.9 2.1 71.0 2.5
California DNC DNC DNC DNC
Colorado 73.1 2.2 DNC DNC
Connecticut DNC DNC 62.3 1.8
Delaware 70.7 2.3 71.5 2.5
District of Columbia DNC DNC DNC DNC
Florida DNC DNC DNC DNC
Georgia DNC DNC DNC DNC
Hawaii DNC DNC DNC DNC
Idaho DNC DNC DNC DNC
Illinois DNC DNC DNC DNC
Indiana DNC DNC 69.7 2.0
Iowa 61.8 2.0 DNC DNC
Kansas DNC DNC DNC DNC
Kentucky 70.1 3.0 70.8 1.7
Louisiana 63.2 1.7 75.3 1.7
Maine DNC DNC 80.3 2.4
Maryland DNC DNC DNC DNC
Massachusetts DNC DNC DNC DNC
Michigan DNC DNC DNC DNC
Minnesota DNC DNC DNC DNC
Mississippi DNC DNC 70.3 2.6
Missouri DNC DNC 70.6 2.3
Montana 66.0 2.3 67.9 3.1
Nebraska 61.4 1.8 68.9 2.3
Nevada DNC DNC DNC DNC
New Hampshire DNC DNC 78.2 1.9
New Jersey 69.9 1.5 75.0 2.1
New Mexico DNC DNC DNC DNC
New York 70.7 1.9 DNC DNC
North Carolina 71.0 1.2 DNC DNC
North Dakota 62.8 2.7 DNC DNC
Ohio 67.6 2.8 DNC DNC
Oklahoma DNC DNC 67.8 2.3
Oregon DNC DNC DNC DNC
Pennsylvania DNC DNC 74.0 2.1
Rhode Island DNC DNC 77.4 1.8
South Carolina 68.5 1.7 68.8 2.6
South Dakota DNC DNC 71.7 2.0
Tennessee DNC DNC DNC DNC
Texas 61.6 2.1 64.8 2.0
Utah DNC DNC DNC DNC
Vermont DNC DNC DNC DNC
Virginia 68.6 2.1 77.1 2.4
Washington DNC DNC DNC DNC
West Virginia 70.1 2.0 77.2 2.0
Wisconsin 68.2 2.2 62.5 2.8
Wyoming 64.1 2.3 72.4 2.4

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using 5 age groups: 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-64, 65 and over.

DNC - Data were not collected by the State.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

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