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JAMA. 2000;284:2180-2181.

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MMWR. 2000;49:881-885

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One of the national health objectives for 2010 is to reduce the prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults to no more than 12% (objective 21.1a).¹ To assess progress toward meeting this objective, CDC analyzed self-reported data from the 1998 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Sample Adult Core Questionnaire about cigarette smoking among U.S. adults. This report summarizes the findings of this analysis, which indicate that, in 1998, 24.1% of adults were current smokers.

The 1998 NHIS Core Questionnaire was administered to a nationally representative sample (n = 32,440) of the U.S. noninstitutionalized civilian population aged 18 years; the overall response rate for the survey was 73.9%. Participants were asked, "Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?" and "Do you now smoke cigarettes every day, some days, or not at all?" Current smokers were persons who reported both having smoked greater than . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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