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Report presents snapshot of national smoking habits

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 22nd, 2004

A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides a first-ever snapshot of national smoking prevalence data among 14 ethnic/racial groups in the United States, using data from the National Survey on Drug Use & Health (NSDUH) conducted in 1999, 2000 and 2001.

The results indicate that the prevalence of cigarette smoking varied among the racial/ethnic populations, from 40.4% to 12.3%, respectively, among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) and Chinese adults aged 18 and older, and from 27.9% to 5.2%, respectively, among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) and Japanese youth ages 12-17 years.

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