Reduce current cigarette smoking in adults — TU‑02 Data

This objective is a Leading Health Indicator (LHI). Learn about LHIs.

Status: Improving

Most Recent Data:
11.0 percent (2023) *

Target:
6.1 percent *

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
14.2 percent of adults aged 18 years and over were current cigarette smokers in 2019 *

* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Confidence Interval (CI) not available Standard Error (SE) not available Confidence Interval (CI) and Standard Error (SE) are not available

Population	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	14.2 CI 13.7 / 14.7 SE 0.264	12.7 CI 12.1 / 13.2 SE 0.282	11.7 CI 11.3 / 12.2 SE 0.239	11.7 CI 11.2 / 12.2 SE 0.256	11.0 CI 10.6 / 11.5 SE 0.246

Data Source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC/NCHS

Adult cigarette smoking by

#: Standard errors and confidence intervals are not available for this population group.

*: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

◊: Unless otherwise noted, data represent "percent, 18+ years"

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

DSU: Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNA: Data have not been analyzed.

DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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