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Article: Cigarette smoking among adults - United States, 1992, and changes in the definition of current cigarette smoking.
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- May 20, 1994
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Current Trends
Use of tobacco in the United States is monitored continually by CDC to evaluate efforts to control and prevent the use of this substance. The prevalence of cigarette smoking among U.S. adults decreased from 1965 to 1990 (from 42.4% to 25.5%) and remained stable from 1990 to 1991 (from 25.5% to 25.6%) [1]. To determine the prevalence of smoking among adults during 1992, the National Health Interview Survey-Cancer Control and Epidemiology Supplements (NHIS-CCES) collected self-reported information on cigarette smoking from a random sample of civilian, non-institutionalized adults aged [greater than or equal to] 18 years. For 1992, the definition ...