Indicator Profile of Cigarette Smoking Among Adults

Why Is This Important?

Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. In Utah, smoking claims 1,150 lives each year. It exacerbates or causes nearly every chronic condition and contributes to Utah's primary causes of death including heart disease, respiratory disease, and cancer. Smoking increases the risk for cancer of the lungs, larynx, esophagus, mouth, and bladder and contributes to cancer of the cervix, pancreas, and kidneys. Exposure to secondhand smoke increases the risk for heart disease and lung cancer among nonsmokers.

Percentage of Adults Who Reported Current Cigarette Smoking, Adults Aged 18 and Older, Utah and U.S., 1989-2008

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Data Notes

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey is conducted with a representative sample of non-institutionalized Utah adults living in households with a telephone.  Age-adjusted to U.S. 2000 population.

Data Sources

Utah Data: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Office of Public Health Assessment, Utah Department of Health;  U.S. Data: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS); 

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Definition

Percentage of adults aged 18 years and older who smoke cigarettes every day or some days.

How We Calculated the Rates

Numerator: Number of adults aged 18 years and older who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their life time and who now report smoking cigarettes every day or some days.
Denominator: Number of adults aged 18 years and older.

Page Content Updated On 10/28/09, Published on 10/29/09
Tobacco Prevention and Control Program, Bureau of Health Promotion, Division of Disease Control and Prevention, Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2106, Telephone: 877-220-3466, Website: http://www.tobaccofreeutah.org
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Content updated: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:10:38 MDT