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What region smokes the most?

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What region smokes the most?

By U.S. Census region, prevalence of cigarette smoking among U.S. adults is highest among people living in the Midwest (22.2%) and the South (22.7%), and lowest among those living in the Northeast (20.1%) and West (16.3%) regions.

What city has the most cigarette smokers?

Detroit tops the list, with nearly 30% of all adults there identifying as smokers. With an estimated 503,934 adults in Detroit, that means there are about 147,148 smokers in the city. Cleveland has the same percentage of smokers as Detroit, but with a smaller population, the city has fewer total smokers.

What percentage of people smoke in Alberta?

18.9%
In 2017, smoking prevalence in Alberta was 18.9%, well above the national average of 15.1%.

What city has the least smokers?

The six cities with the lowest smoking rates are:

  • Orange County, Calif.: 13.
  • Salt Lake City-Ogden, Utah: 14.7.
  • San Diego: 15.2.
  • Miami: 16.6.
  • Bergen-Passaic, N.J.: 17.2.
  • Las Cruces, N.M.: 17.2.

Which state has the least amount of smokers?

Utah
Utah has the lowest rate of tobacco use in the United States at 8.9%. Utah is the only state to have a tobacco usage rate in the single digits.

Which population smokes the most?

Here are the 10 countries with the highest smoking rates:

  • Kiribati (52.40%)
  • Nauru (47.50%)
  • Greece (42.65%)
  • Serbia (41.65%)
  • Russia (40.90%)
  • Jordan (40.45%)
  • Indonesia (39.90%)
  • Bosnia And Herzegovina (38.60%)

Where are the highest percentage of smokers in Canada?

Among Canadian provinces, smoking rates vary from a low of 15.8 per cent in B.C. to 23.8 per cent in Saskatchewan, according to Statistics Canada’s Canadian Community Health Survey for 2011. As the map above shows, the numbers for Canada’s North are significantly higher.

When did smoking in Canada start to decrease?

Between 1999 and 2017, average daily cigarette consumption appears to have decreased in nearly all provinces, although with little to no progress (and even some increases) in the most recent years in many provinces (Table 2.2).

What’s the percentage of smokers in Prince Edward Island?

Current smoking rates ranged from a low of 11.8% in Prince Edward Island to a high of 20.1% in Newfoundland and Labrador. Between 1999 and 2017, smoking prevalence decreased substantially in all provinces, although not consistently (Table 2.1).

How many people a year die from smoking in Canada?

The study, based on 2002 data, found that 21 per cent of deaths in men and 12.2 per cent of deaths in women were attributable to smoking. The authors estimate that the smoking-attributable deaths that year resulted in Canadian residents losing a total of 515,608 years of life.