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Figure 4.10 is a U.S. map showing percentages reporting perceptions of great risk of smoking one or more packs of cigarettes per day among youths aged 12 to 17, by State, for 2000 and 2001. States listed here in alphabetical order within each group were divided into five groups based on the magnitude of their percentages. States in the highest group (64.54 to 73.28 percent) were Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Massachusetts, Montana, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. States in the next highest group (63.32 to 64.53 percent) were Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Carolina, and Virginia. States in the mid group (62.33 to 63.31 percent) were Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Texas. States in the next lowest group (61.32 to 62.32 percent) were Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, and Wisconsin. States in the lowest group (59.47 to 61.31 percent) were Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

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