For former smoking, a person 18 years of age or older must have reported smoking at least 100 cigarettes in his/her life, and now doesn’t smoke cigarettes at all at the time of interview.
For long term former smoking (quit smoking for at least a year), a person 18 years of age or older must have reported smoking at least 100 cigarettes in his/her life, and now doesn’t smoke cigarettes at all at the time of interview and have quit smoking for at least a year.
The former smoking questions were asked every year in both BRFSS and NHIS and were worded in the same way on the two surveys.
Available estimates are for the time periods 2011-2013, 2014-2016, and 2017-2019 and on maps and in data tables by county, health service area (HSA) and state. The county estimates (2017-2019) are also released in State Cancer Profiles. Click on the map to view data values and confidence intervals for individual regions.
| Geography Name | GIS Code | Estimated Percent | Lower Confidence Interval | Upper Confidence Interval | County Fips: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 01 | 14 | .001 | 1000 | 12345 |