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About the National Data
Data
Data Source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC/NCHS
Baseline: 14.2 percent of adults aged 18 years and over were current cigarette smokers in 2019
Target: 6.1 percent
Methodology
Persons are considered as using cigarettes if they report that they smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now report smoking cigarettes everyday or some days. This indicator uses age-adjustment groups: 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-64, 65+.
History
In 2021, due to the 2019 NHIS redesign, the baseline was revised from 13.9% in 2018 to 14.2% in 2019. The target was revised from 5.0% to 6.1% using the original target setting method.
1. Because Healthy People 2030 objectives have a desired direction (e.g., increase or decrease), the confidence level of a one-sided prediction interval can be used as an indication of how likely a target will be to achieve based on the historical data and fitted trend.