{"id":9527,"date":"2025-03-01T13:55:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/smoking02\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:25:11","slug":"smoking02","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/dpc\/smoking02\/","title":{"rendered":"dpc\/smoking02 ~  Public Health:  Smoking in Delaware  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n    \n\n\n\n <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/dpc\/smoking02.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Adult Smoking in Delaware: \u00a0 2002<!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n    \n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n \n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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This age group has the highest smoking prevalence, and the trend was\n\n\n      increasing from 1990 through 1999. 23.7% of this group are every day smokers; and 12.3% are \u201csome days\u201d smokers.\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n      79.3%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n      Percent of adult smokers who report their doctor or health care provider advised them to quit smoking within the past year (up\n\n\n      significantly from 47.7% in 2000, and 69.7% in 2001).\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n      23%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n      National median smoking prevalence among all 50 states, District of Columbia, and three territories.\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n      8%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n      Percent of smokers who started smoking regularly at age 13 or younger. 30% say they took their first puffs before age 13.\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n      91%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n      Percent of smokers who started smoking regularly before they were 25 years old.\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n      8.4%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n      Percent of former smokers who quit during the past year.\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n      26.1%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n      Percent of former smokers who quit during past five years (includes those listed above who quit in the past year).\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n      68%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n      Percent of Delaware adults who say they do <strong>not<\/strong> allow smoking anywhere in their homes (up from 44.6% in 2001). 12.3%\n\n\n      allow smoking in parts of the house; 5.4% allow smoking anywhere in their homes; and 14.3% have no rules.\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n      86%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n      Percent of Delaware adults who report their place of work does <strong>not<\/strong> allow smoking in any indoor public area (up from\n\n\n      79.3% in 2001).<br>\n\n\n      <em><strong>Note<\/strong>: Delaware\u2019s revised Clean Indoor Air Act, prohibiting smoking in all indoor public areas, became\n\n\n      effective in November 2002.<\/em>\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n      91.2%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n      Percent of Delaware adults who work indoors who report that their workplace policy does <strong>not<\/strong> allow smoking in any\n\n\n      work area (up from 87.7% in 2001).\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n<table class=\"table table-condensed table-hover\">\n\n\n  <caption class=\"b\">\n\n\n    County breakdowns for 2002\n\n\n  <\/caption>\n\n\n  <tbody><tr class=\"info\">\n\n\n    <th scope=\"col\">\n\n\n      Behavior\n\n\n    <\/th>\n\n\n    <th scope=\"col\">\n\n\n      State\n\n\n    <\/th>\n\n\n    <th scope=\"col\">\n\n\n      Kent\n\n\n    <\/th>\n\n\n    <th scope=\"col\">\n\n\n      New Castle\n\n\n    <\/th>\n\n\n    <th scope=\"col\">\n\n\n      Sussex\n\n\n    <\/th>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n      Smoke Every Day\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n      19.5%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n      23.0%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n      18.7%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n      19.1%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n      Smoke Some Days\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n      5.1%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n      4.7%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n      5.3%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n      4.8%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Source: Delaware Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2002.\n\n\n<\/p>  <!--[END]-->\n\n  \n\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div><!-- \/container -->\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen Adult Smoking in Delaware: \u00a0 2002 Public Health Menu Home About About DPH Sections &#038; 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