PRESS RELEASE
CDC's Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) today reports that U.S. adult cigarette smoking prevalence during 1999 was 23.3% (using NCHS National Health Interview Survey data). CDC/OSH (again, using NCHS NHIS data) also reports an overall estimate for 2000 (23.3%) and a preliminary estimate for January-March of 2001 (22.3%). Adult prevalence was 24.6% in 1997.
* Cigarette Smoking among Adults -United States, 1999
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5040a1.htm
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