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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2013 Dec 18;129(3):e28–e292. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.0000441139.02102.80

Table 3-1.

Cigarette Smoking

Population Group Prevalence, 2012 Age ≥18 y*6 Cost18
Both sexes 42 098 000 (18.1%) $193 Billion per year
Males 22 983 000 (20.5%)
Females 19 115 000 (15.9%)
NH white males 22.0%
NH white females 19.2%
NH black males 21.6%
NH black females 14.2%
Hispanic or Latino males 16.6%
Hispanic or Latino females 7.5%
Asian only (both sexes) 10.4%
American Indian/Alaska Native only (both sexes) 18.8%

Percentages are age adjusted. Estimates for Asian only and American Indian/Alaska Native only include non-Hispanic and Hispanic persons.

Ellipses (…) indicate data not available; and NH, non-Hispanic.

*

Rounded to the nearest thousand.