Minnesota Milestones 2010: Tobacco Use

Indicator 17: Tobacco Use

Rationale: Smoking and tobacco use have been shown to cause or worsen many diseases.

About this indicator: Current tobacco use among Minnesotans has declined gradually but significantly since the early 1990s. In 2008, 17.6 percent were current smokers. This was not significantly different than the 2007 figure.

Confidence Interval of percent of adults who are current smokers
Year	Data
Percent of adults who are current smokers, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Confidence Interval of percent of adults who are current smokers, Risk Factor Surveillance System
		Confidence interval
1984	28.3%	2.5
1985	29.1%	2.0
1986	26.4%	1.7
1987	25.1%	1.6
1988	22.6%	1.5
1989	21.5%	1,5
1990	22%	1.5
1991	24.2%	1.6
1992	22.1%	1.5
1993	22.5%	1.5
1994	21.6%	1.4
1995	20.5%	1.4
1996	20.6%	1.3
1997	21.8%	1.3
1998	18%	1.3
1999	19.5%	1.2
2000	19.8%	1.7
2001	22.2%	1.5
2002	21.7%	1.4
2003	21.1%	1.5
2004	20.7%	1.4
2005	20%	2.0
2006	18.3%	1.5
2007	16.5%	1.5
2008	17.6%	1.6
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For comparison: The nationwide smoking rate in 2008 was 18.4 percent, not significantly different from the Minnesota rate.

Encouraging figures show a decline in the rate of smoking among Minnesota 12th-graders, from 42.0 percent in 1998 to 23.0 percent in 2007.

Sources:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Behavioral and Risk Factor Surveillance System, http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/

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Milestones is a product of the Minnesota State Demographic Center, a division of the Department of Administration