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State-specific Prevalence of Tobacco Product Use among US Women, Tobacco Use Supplement to the Curre

Friday, May 21, 2021  
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Wang TW, Walton K, Reyes-Guzman C, Cullen KA, Jamal A.
State-specific Prevalence of Tobacco Product Use among US Women, Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey, 2018–2019.
Prev Chronic Dis 2021;18:200547. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd18.200547

In this study, we assessed tobacco product use among US women aged 18 years or older using data from the 2018–2019 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey. State-specific current use of any tobacco product (cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, regular pipes, water pipes or hookah, and smokeless tobacco) ranged from 6.6% (California) to 23.1% (West Virginia); current use of 2 or more tobacco products ranged from 0.6% (New York) to 3.0% (Oklahoma). Current tobacco product use among US women differed significantly by age, education, race/ethnicity, household income, marital status, disability status, and US region. Comprehensive tobacco control strategies, including targeted interventions, can reduce tobacco use among all women.