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Resources for Tobacco-Related Statistics

Tobacco Statistics

  • Cancer Trends Progress Report: Prevention 1
    This section of the report focuses on factors that can affect a person's risk of getting cancer. Has information on adult and youth smoking, alcohol and fat consumption, certain chemicals in the environment, and other topics.
  • Tobacco Use 2
    Information from the NCI's Risk Factor Monitoring and Methods Branch, which monitors tobacco use through the use of surveys of the U.S. household population.
  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 3
    The CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, the world's largest telephone survey, tracks health risks in the United States. Information from the survey is searchable by topic.
  • MMWR Articles 4
    A list of tobacco-related reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
  • Tobacco Use: Targeting the Nation's Leading Killer 5
    Data on tobacco use and tobacco-related deaths and information on the efforts of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to reduce tobacco use.

Table of Links

1http://progressreport.cancer.gov/doc.asp?pid=1&did=2007&mid=vcol&chid=71
2http://riskfactor.cancer.gov/areas/tobacco
3http://www.cdc.gov/brfss
4http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/mmwrs/index.htm
5http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/publications/aag/osh.htm