Overview

• An estimated 42.1 million people, or 18.1% of all adults (aged 18 years or older), in the United States smoke cigarettes.1 Cigarette smoking is more common among men (20.5%) than women (15.8%).1
• Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, accounting for more than 480,000 deaths, or one of every five deaths, each year.2
• More than 16 million Americans suffer from a disease caused by smoking.2
• Overall smoking prevalence declined from 2005 (20.9%) to 2012 (18.1%).1

National EstimatesPercentage of adults who were current cigarette smokers in 2012 1
Overall

• 18.1% of American adults are current smokers
• Represents about 42.1 million Americans

By Gender

• 20.5% of adult men
• 15.8% of adult women

By Age

• 17.3% of adults aged 18 24 years
• 21.6% of adults aged 25 44 years
• 19.5% of adults aged 45 64 years
• 8.9% of adults aged 65 years and older

By Race/Ethnicity

• 21.8% of American Indians/Alaska Natives (non Hispanic)
• 10.7% of Asians (non Hispanic excludes Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders)
• 18.1% of Blacks (non Hispanic)
• 12.5% of Hispanics
• 19.7% of Whites (non Hispanic)
• 26.1% of Multiple race individuals

By Education

• 24.7% of adults with 12 or less years of education (no diploma)
• 41.9% of adults with a GED diploma
• 23.1% of adults with a high school diploma
• 9.1% of adults with an undergraduate college degree
• 5.9% of adults with a postgraduate college degree

By Poverty Status

• 27.9% of adults who live below the poverty level
• 17.0% of adults who live at or above the poverty level

State Estimates

• By state, in 2012, smoking prevalence ranged from 10.6% in Utah to 28.3% in Kentucky.3
• By U.S. Census region, during 2012, prevalence was significantly higher in the Midwest (26.0%) and South (19.7%) than in the Northeast (16.5%) and West (14.2%).1

Notes

• Current smokers are defined as persons who reported smoking at least 100 cigarettes during their lifetime and who, at the time of interview, reported smoking every day or some days.
• Poverty thresholds are based on data published by the U.S. Census Bureau.

East texas woman claims e-cigarettes made her sick – wfsb 3 connecticut

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GLADEWATER, TX (KLTV) One East Texas woman said she became terribly ill the reason? She said it was e cigarettes.

The Gladewater woman is determined to spread the word, claiming that after switching from regular cigarettes to electronic cigarettes, she fell ill. She said that she had hoped the new product would be safer, and ultimately help her quit smoking, but she never expected what happened next.

It was three weeks ago that Debbie Jean Hendrix had an eye opening talk with her husband.

“I told him, I said, ‘I don’t want to live like that,'” Hendrix said. “And he said, ‘Well, you better quit smoking.” Well, that’s when we started the e cigarettes,” she explained.

Debbie said she saw an elderly woman who required an oxygen tank because of smoking. But, just days after switching to e cigarettes, Debbie said she began to wonder about the product’s safety.

“I started feeling really kind of jittery,” Hendrix said. “And once I started feeling real jittery me and my husband went to town to eat and I got so sick I couldn’t keep anything down,” she remembered.

That’s when Debbie said she went to her doctor.

“He thought I was on drugs when I went in there. That’s how bad it was,” she said.

Debbie said she does have pre existing health issues, but she said, her doctor insisted she quit the e cigarettes.

“He would definitely say that the vapor cigarettes needed to go because they had chemical in them and he said it could be the cause from the chemical,” Hendrix said.

“From what I understand, the poisoning could take place through one of three venues,” Dr. Bill Sorensen, a health science expert, explained.

Nicotine poisoning can happen by inhalation, ingestion, or skin absorption.

Debbie did notice when changing the liquid on her electronic cigarette that it often leaked, causing liquid nicotine to spill onto her hands.

“You should be feeling those symptoms within minutes, maybe a few hours after the experience with the e cigarette,” Dr. Sorensen explained.

And that’s exactly what Debbie said happened to her.

“People might be thinking that it’s safer and because it’s safer I m allowed to smoke twice as much,” Dr. Sorensen said.

Though other chemicals may be gone, he said, nicotine is ever present.

It is toxic. It’s addictive. And even if you’re not poisoned by it, or even if you don’t become a little sick, you’re on the road to addiction.”

As for Debbie, she has stopped using e cigarettes.

“I do feel a little better now that I have got off of them and I wouldn’t recommend them to no one,” Debbie said.

She also said she’ll be quitting smoking completely.

The Centers for Disease Control published a report this month stating calls to poison control centers about e cigarettes have shot up from about one per month in September 2010, to approximately 215 per month in February 2014.

Many of those calls involved children, but the CDC did attribute them to e cigarettes related overdoses.

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