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The percent of current cigarette smokers in 2002 was 24.6%. The prevalence stayed at about 25% of Delaware adults for the past\n\n\n  decade. The decline in smoking occurred among women; the prevalence of male smoking remained the same.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  More significantly, the prevalence of smoking among young adults (age 18-24) <strong>dropped from 36% in 2002 to 26.7% in 2003.<\/strong>\n\n\n  This age group previously had the highest prevalence, and smoking among young adults had increased steadily from 1990 through 2002.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  For more information on tobacco use in Delaware, go to our <a href=\"\/dph\/dpc\/tobacco.html\">Tobacco Prevention and Control Program<\/a>\n\n\n  pages.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n  <strong>Delaware Adult Smoking Prevalence: 2003<\/strong><br>\n\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image: Graph of 2003 Delaware adult smoking \u2013 16.9% daily smokers, 5% some-dayssmokers, 28.1% former smokers, and 50% never smoked.\" class=\"img-thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/2003smokers.gif\">\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<table class=\"table table-condensed table-hover\">\n\n\n  <caption class=\"b\">\n\n\n    Adult Smoking in Delaware\n\n\n  <\/caption>\n\n\n  <tbody>\n\n\n    <tr>\n\n\n      <th scope=\"col\">\n\n\n        %\n\n\n      <\/th>\n\n\n      <th scope=\"col\">\n\n\n        Smoking-Related Behavior\n\n\n      <\/th>\n\n\n    <\/tr>\n\n\n    <tr>\n\n\n      <td>\n\n\n        <strong>21.9%<\/strong>\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n        Percent of adult Delawareans (age 18 and older) who are current cigarette smokers.\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n    <\/tr>\n\n\n    <tr>\n\n\n      <td>\n\n\n        <strong>16.9%<\/strong>\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n        Percent of adult Delawareans who smoke cigarettes daily.\u00a0 This is down from 19.5% in 2002.\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n    <\/tr>\n\n\n    <tr>\n\n\n      <td>\n\n\n        <strong>5%<\/strong>\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n        Percent of adult Delawareans who smoke some days, but not every day. This has increased from 2.3% in 1995.\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n    <\/tr>\n\n\n    <tr>\n\n\n      <td>\n\n\n        <strong>28.1%<\/strong>\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n        Percent of adult Delawareans who are former smokers. This has increased from 26.3% in 2002.\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n    <\/tr>\n\n\n    <tr>\n\n\n      <td>\n\n\n        <strong>50%<\/strong>\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n        Percent of adult Delawareans who never smoked.\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n    <\/tr>\n\n\n    <tr>\n\n\n      <td>\n\n\n        <strong>26.1%<\/strong>\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n        Percent of adult male smokers in Delaware.\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n    <\/tr>\n\n\n    <tr>\n\n\n      <td>\n\n\n        <strong>18.1%<\/strong>\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n        Percent of adult female smokers in Delaware.\u00a0 The prevalence decreased by 24.1% in 2002.\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n    <\/tr>\n\n\n    <tr>\n\n\n      <td>\n\n\n        <strong>21.8%<\/strong>\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n        Percent of white, non-Hispanic adult smokers in Delaware [25.6% in 2002].\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n    <\/tr>\n\n\n    <tr>\n\n\n      <td>\n\n\n        <strong>22.8%<\/strong>\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n        Percent of African American or black adult smokers in Delaware [25.6% in 2002].\u00a0\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n    <\/tr>\n\n\n    <tr>\n\n\n      <td>\n\n\n        <strong>21.6%<\/strong>\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n        Percent of Hispanic adult smokers in Delaware [18% in 2002 \u2013 not a statistically significant difference].\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n    <\/tr>\n\n\n    <tr>\n\n\n      <td>\n\n\n        <strong>26.7%<\/strong>\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n        Percent of 18-24 year-old smokers in Delaware (down significantly from 36% in 2002). This age group has had the highest smoking\n\n\n        prevalence, and the trend was increasing from 1990 through 2002. 16.7% of this group are every day smokers; and 10% are \u201csome\n\n\n        days\u201d smokers.\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n    <\/tr>\n\n\n    <tr>\n\n\n      <td>\n\n\n        <strong>33.3%<\/strong>\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n        Percent of Delaware adults with annual incomes under $15,000 who smoke [29.7% in 2002].\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n    <\/tr>\n\n\n    <tr>\n\n\n      <td>\n\n\n        <strong>11.3%<\/strong>\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n        Percent of Delaware adults who use smokeless tobacco products. 4.4% say they use smokeless tobacco daily; and 6.9% say they use the\n\n\n        products, but not every day.\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n    <\/tr>\n\n\n    <tr>\n\n\n      <td>\n\n\n        <strong>75.2%<\/strong>\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 (about\n\n\n        the same as 2002, but up 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        <strong>49.9%<\/strong>\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n        Percent of smokers who tried to quit smoking for at least a day or more during the past year.\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n    <\/tr>\n\n\n    <tr>\n\n\n      <td>\n\n\n        <strong>66.8%<\/strong>\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).\n\n\n        10.9% allow smoking in parts of the house; 3.9% allow smoking anywhere in their homes; and 16.9% have no rules.\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n    <\/tr>\n\n\n  <\/tbody>\n\n\n<\/table><br>\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n<table class=\"table table-condensed table-hover\">\n\n\n  <caption class=\"b\">\n\n\n    County Breakdowns for 2003\n\n\n  <\/caption>\n\n\n  <tbody>\n\n\n    <tr>\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        Current Smokers*\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n        21.9%\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n        25.1%\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n        20.9%\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n        22.4%\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n    <\/tr>\n\n\n    <tr>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-left\">\n\n\n        Ever Used Smokeless Tobacco\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n        11.3%\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n        11.4%\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n        9.4%\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n      <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n        16%\n\n\n      <\/td>\n\n\n    <\/tr>\n\n\n  <\/tbody>\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  * includes both &#8220;every day&#8221; 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