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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/18/2026 4:32 pm.

2 2024 BRFSS Survey Data is the source for this data collected by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data for the US is a median and not a percent.

BRFSS Prevalence estimates presented here may vary from other published estimates due to differences in the methodology used to generate estimates.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

For more information about Current Smoker, see the dictionary.

Data not available for this combination of geography, cancer site, age, and race/ethnicity.
Screening and Risk Factors Report by State
(Directly Estimated 2024 BRFSS Data)

Current Smoker
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 18+

Sorted by Percent
State Percent 2
(95% Confidence Interval)		 Number of Respondents with Screening or Risk Factor
United States 11.6 N/A
Utah 5.7 (5.2, 6.3) 720
California 7.6 (6.8, 8.4) 604
Maryland 7.8 (7.2, 8.4) 1,169
Washington 7.9 (7.5, 8.4) 1,902
Hawaii 8.1 (7.2, 9.0) 550
District of Columbia 8.5 (7.2, 9.8) 229
Puerto Rico 8.5 (7.2, 9.8) 340
New Jersey 8.6 (7.8, 9.4) 720
Massachusetts 8.8 (8.0, 9.6) 705
Connecticut 9.0 (8.1, 10.0) 625
New Hampshire 9.1 (8.1, 10.2) 510
Idaho 9.6 (8.4, 10.8) 432
Colorado 9.7 (9.0, 10.4) 956
New York 9.9 (9.5, 10.4) 4,770
Rhode Island 9.9 (8.8, 11.0) 489
Texas 10.0 (9.0, 11.0) 1,202
Delaware 10.1 (8.7, 11.4) 393
Arizona 10.2 (9.0, 11.3) 856
Minnesota 10.2 (9.6, 10.9) 1,344
Illinois 10.5 (9.8, 11.2) 1,207
Vermont 10.5 (9.5, 11.6) 537
Florida 10.6 (9.5, 11.8) 1,346
Oregon 10.6 (9.6, 11.6) 599
Virginia 11.1 (10.0, 12.2) 692
Georgia 11.2 (10.1, 12.4) 711
North Carolina 11.5 (10.3, 12.7) 455
Pennsylvania 11.7 (10.3, 13.1) 428
Nevada 11.9 (10.0, 13.7) 295
Wisconsin 11.9 (11.2, 12.7) 1,449
New Mexico 12.0 (10.4, 13.6) 385
Montana 12.2 (11.2, 13.3) 783
Nebraska 12.2 (11.4, 13.0) 1,494
North Dakota 12.4 (11.2, 13.5) 638
South Carolina 12.6 (11.4, 13.8) 955
Wyoming 12.7 (11.4, 13.9) 514
Iowa 12.9 (12.0, 13.8) 1,018
Michigan 13.4 (12.5, 14.4) 1,272
South Dakota 13.5 (11.3, 15.6) 797
Kansas 13.7 (12.9, 14.6) 1,376
Mississippi 13.8 (12.1, 15.6) 375
Indiana 13.9 (13.1, 14.7) 1,553
Alabama 14.0 (12.7, 15.3) 612
Ohio 14.1 (13.1, 15.2) 1,262
Oklahoma 14.1 (13.1, 15.1) 884
Maine 14.4 (13.5, 15.3) 1,496
Alaska 14.7 (13.2, 16.3) 661
Missouri 14.7 (13.5, 15.9) 1,039
Louisiana 15.0 (13.7, 16.4) 594
Arkansas 16.5 (15.1, 17.8) 770
Kentucky 17.2 (15.8, 18.5) 1,107
West Virginia 20.8 (19.4, 22.2) 1,007
Tennessee data not available data not available