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Table 1.41b
Percent of current smokers age 18 and over who reported receiving advice to quit smoking, by State, 2001 and 2005
State 2005 2001
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 60.6 3.2 70.6 3.1
Arkansas 61.1 2.1 71.0 2.5
California DNC DNC DNC DNC
Colorado 67.4 1.9 DNC DNC
Connecticut 69.8 2.7 62.3 1.8
Delaware 73.9 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 65.2 1.8 69.7 2.0
Iowa 65.7 2.1 DNC DNC
Kansas DNC DNC DNC DNC
Kentucky DNC DNC 70.8 1.7
Louisiana DNC DNC 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 DNC DNC 67.9 3.1
Nebraska DNC DNC 68.9 2.3
Nevada 60.4 3.5 DNC DNC
New Hampshire 73.3 2.0 78.2 1.9
New Jersey 68.1 1.6 75.0 2.1
New Mexico DNC DNC DNC DNC
New York DNC DNC DNC DNC
North Carolina 73.1 1.2 DNC DNC
North Dakota DNC DNC DNC DNC
Ohio DNC DNC 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 65.5 1.6 68.8 2.6
South Dakota DNC DNC 71.7 2.0
Tennessee 67.9 2.7 DNC DNC
Texas 64.1 2.2 64.8 2.0
Utah DNC DNC DNC DNC
Vermont DNC DNC DNC DNC
Virginia 71.7 2.1 77.1 2.4
Washington DNC DNC DNC DNC
West Virginia 70.5 2.1 77.2 2.0
Wisconsin 70.0 2.3 62.5 2.8
Wyoming DNC DNC 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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