Health
Smoking Rate
Source: Arkansas Department of Health
Smoking Rate
2019
Arkansas County23%
Ashley County21%
Baxter County21%
Benton County15%
Boone County16%
Bradley County19%
Calhoun County22%
Carroll County14%
Chicot County20%
Clark County24%
Clay County18%
Cleburne County22%
Cleveland County22%
Columbia County26%
Conway County17%
Craighead County25%
Crawford County17%
Crittenden County21%
Cross County25%
Dallas County20%
Desha County20%
Drew County19%
Faulkner County19%
Franklin County21%
Fulton County25%
Garland County17%
Grant County17%
Greene County25%
Hempstead County19%
Hot Spring County18%
Howard County14%
Independence County22%
Izard County22%
Jackson County23%
Jefferson County21%
Johnson County24%
Lafayette County24%
Lawrence County22%
Lee County13%
Lincoln County22%
Little River County13%
Logan County18%
Lonoke County19%
Madison County16%
Marion County17%
Miller County15%
Mississippi County24%
Monroe County17%
Montgomery County21%
Nevada County27%
Newton County17%
Ouachita County23%
Perry County14%
Phillips County20%
Pike County22%
Poinsett County27%
Polk County15%
Pope County22%
Prairie County24%
Pulaski County18%
Randolph County24%
Saline County14%
Scott County17%
Searcy County20%
Sebastian County18%
Sevier County13%
Sharp County23%
St. Francis County26%
Stone County23%
Union County22%
Van Buren County19%
Washington County16%
White County22%
Woodruff County22%
Yell County20%

Source: Arkansas Department of Health







NATIONAL RANKING
44

OUT OF 50
2019

STATE TREND

Decreasing


20%

2019

What does this measure?

The percentage of adults in a region who currently smoke cigarettes.

Why is this important?

Smoking is a leading cause of preventable death, causing more than 480,000 deaths per year in the U.S. and leading to higher long-term health costs. Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease both among smokers and people exposed to secondhand smoke.

How is Arkansas doing?

In 2019, 20% of adults reported being smokers, down 7 percentage points from 2011, but 4 points above the national rate. That makes Arkansas 44th in the nation on this indicator, including the 50 states and Washington, D.C. Smoking rates were similar among men and women (22% and 19%, respectively), and among white and Black adults (at 21% and 22%, respectively). Rates were higher among multiracial, non-Hispanic adults (32%) and among American Indian or Alaskan Native, non-Hispanics, (30%) a small group in Arkansas. In general, smoking rates have decreased modestly since 2011.

Smoking rates varied greatly by county, with the highest rates in 2019 in Nevada and Poinsett counties (both at 27%). The lowest rates were in Sevier, Lee, and Little River counties, all at 13%.

Notes about the data

National data comes from a survey designed to collect scientific data on health risks and behaviors.




Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Smoking Rate
201120122013201420152016201720182019
Arkansas27%25%26%25%25%24%22%23%20%

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention






Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Smoking Rate by Gender
FemaleMale
Arkansas19%22%

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention









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