Excerpts from The National Health Survey Report, page II-20-21

Respondents were asked if they currently used one or more of the following tobacco products: cigarettes, chewing tobacco/snuff, pipe tobacco, or cigars. Nearly one-quarter (23%) of U.S. residents smoke cigarettes, the highest usage percentage of all the tobacco products. Less than one in fifty U.S. residents used either chewing tobacco/snuff (2%), pipe tobacco (less than 1%), or cigars (2%). Although these findings reflect the successful national effort to reduce the prevalence of smoking over the past three decades, prevalence rates among selected populations remain disturbingly high. (Chart 32) Respondents with Medicaid or no insurance were more likely than those with Commercial/ HMOs insurance or Medicare to be cigarette smokers (41% and 46% vs. 20% and 12%). U.S. residents who consider their health to be fair/poor were more likely than those who consider their health excellent or very good/good to be cigarette smokers (33% vs. 13% and 23%). U.S. residents age 65 or older were less likely than those under 65 to report currently using cigarettes (11% vs. 18-34=30%, 35-44=22%, 45-64=24%). Those respondents demonstrating three or more lifestyle risk factors were more likely than those with zero to two risk factors to report being cigarette smokers (65% vs. 16%). (Charts 33 and 34)

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