| Smoking
Prevalence- Adults |
 |
Current smoking*- adults
|
20.1%
|
Source:
BRFSS 2006 |
|
Current
smoking*- men, age 18 and older |
22.2% |
Source:
BRFSS 2006 |
|
Current
smoking*- women, age 18 and older
|
18.4% |
Source: BRFSS 2006
|
| Tobacco
Use Prevalence- Students |
|
Current smoking**- students, grades 9-12 |
23.0%
|
Source:
YRBS 2005 |
|
Current
smoking**- male students, grades 9-12 |
22.9% |
Source:
YRBS 2005 |
|
Current
smoking**- female students, grades 9-12 |
23.0% |
Source:
YRBS 2005 |
|
Current
use of chewing tobacco- students, grades 9-12
|
8.0% |
Source: YRBS
2005
|
| Secondhand
Smoke |
|
Children exposed to secondhand smoke at home
|
15.5
million |
Source:
. "State Specific Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking
Among Adults, and Childrens' and Adolescents' Exposure
to Environmental Tobacco Smoke- United States, 1996."
MMWR 46 (44):1038-1043
|
| Health
and Medical Costs |
|
Average annual deaths related to smoking
|
438,000
|
Source:
MMWR Highlights Jul1, 2005/
Vol. 54/No.25 |
|
Direct
medical expenditures attributed to smoking |
$75.5
billion |
Source:
MMWR Highlights Jul1, 2005/
Vol. 54/No.25 |
|
Productivity
losses from deaths due to smoking (average for 1997-2001) |
$92
billion |
Source:
MMWR Highlights Jul1, 2005/
Vol. 54/No.25 |
|
Productivity
losses from deaths due to smoking
(average for 1997-2001) |
$92
billion |
Source:
MMWR Highlights Jul1, 2005/
Vol. 54/No.25 |
| Tobacco
Industry Advertising |
|
Estimated
annual tobacco industry advertising and marketing
expenditure (2003)
|
$13.1
billion |
Source:
Federal Trade Commission, Cigarette Report for 2004 and
2005
|
*
Current cigarette smoking (adults)= smoked 100 cigarettes
or more and currently smokes every day or some
days
**Current cigarette smoking (students) = smoked
cigarettes on 1 or more of the 30 days preceding
the survey
|
Source
Key:
BRFSS- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System
CDC- Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
FTC- Federal Trade Commission
MMWR- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report (CDC)
YRBS- Youth Risk Behavior Survey |
