Spokane Counts 2013 - Smokers (Adult)

Smokers (Adult)

Health Behavior

Indicator: Smokers (Adults)

Definition: Percent of adults who smoked cigarettes every day or some days in the last 30 days.

Why is this important: Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death. Public health promotes a healthy lifestyle through efforts to help prevent youth from starting to smoke, providing smoking cessation assistance, monitoring sales of cigarettes to youth, and working for environmental changes to limit exposure to second-hand smoke.

Where are we: In 2009 in Spokane County, 19% of adults reported they were current smokers. The proportion of adults smoking significantly decreased from 2005 to 2009. Spokane County had a rate of adult smoking higher than that of Washington State, but similar to the U.S in 2009.

Health Disparities:

Among adults in Spokane County in 2009:

Smoking decreased as age increased.
Smoking decreased as education level increased.
Smoking decreased as income increased.

There was no difference in smoking by race or between males and females.

Additional Information: Among Spokane County adults who smoked in 2009, 64.5% reported stopping smoking for one or more days in the previous year because they were trying to quit smoking. Among former smokers, the largest proportion has not smoked for over ten years.

Time since regularly smoking among former smokers, Spokane County, 2009
< 1 month	1.2%
< 3 months	1.0%
< 6 months	0.7%
< 1 year	5.3%
< 5 years	13.6%
< 10 years	19.0%
10+ years	59.2%

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	Data Source	BRFSS, 2009

Geography	Spokane County	18.6% (15.3-22.4)
	WA	14.8% (14.0-15.6)
	U.S.	17.9%

	Trend	05-09 Decrease

Age	Adults
	18-34 yrs	27.0% (18.4-37.7)
	35-44 yrs	18.8% (12.9-26.5)
	45-64 yrs	15.8% (12.7-19.5)
	65+ yrs	8.8% (6.2-12.4)

Sex	Male	21.4% (16.0-28.0)
	Female	15.7% (12.6-19.5)

Race		2008, 2009
	White	18.0% (15.8-20.4)
	Non-White	16.4% (7.5-32.2)

Education	< High school	36.3% (20.2-56.1)
	High school	20.9% (14.6-29.0)
	Some college	25.2% (18.9-32.6)
	College graduate	6.3% (4.1-9.6)

Income	<$25,000	31.8% (23.0-42.0)
	$25,000-$49,999	20.6% (15.7-26.5)
	$50,000+	10.2% (6.4-15.9)

Data Source: Washington State Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, supported in part by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cooperative Agreements U58/CCU022819-2 (2005), U58/CCU022819-3 (2006), U58/CCU022819-4 (2007), U58/CCU022819-5 (2008), U58/CCU022819-6 (2009). Calculations and presentation of data by Spokane Regional Health District, Community Health Assessment.

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