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According to the Centers for Disease Control 2008 health statistics:
"21% of adults 18 years of age and over [in America] were current cigarette smokers, 21% were former smokers, and 58% had never smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime."
"Twenty-three percent of men were current smokers compared with 19% of women. Sixty-three percent of women had never smoked compared with 53% of men."
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More Answers- A recent Gallop poll and states that approximately 21% of Americans are regular smokers, down from 23% in 1999. It was very informative. Here are some of the facts it says: 55% of American smokers smoke less than one pack of cigarettes a day , which is also down form the last studies done. 81% of smokers wish they could quit. 25% of smokers report starting before the age of 16. It also stressed the facts of just how dangerous of a habit it is and the health problems it causes and that the first Gallup poll was conducted in 1944 which found that 41% of Americans smoked cigarettes.
- According to a NY Times article on Barack Obama on Dec. 29, 2008, 21% of Americans smoked in 2008, compared with 28% in 1988.
- There is more detailed information from the American Heart Association web site. 26 million men are smokers (23.5 percent), 21 million women are smokers (18.1 percent)
- The estimates for people aged 18 and older:
1 in 5 American People smoke, that is 22.3 % of American Men smoke, and 17.4% of women smoke and every year there are 443,000 people die a year from Smoking in America.
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