=+3.15 ● ▼ The National Survey on Drug Use and Health, conducted in 2002 and 2003 by the Office of Applied Studies, led to the following state estimates of the total number of people (ages 12 and older) who had smoked within the last month).

Number of People State (in thousands)

Alabama 976 Alaska 129 Arizona 1215 Arkansas 730 California 5508 Colorado 985 Connecticut 678 Delaware 174 District of Columbia 125 Florida 3355 Georgia 1779 Hawaii 217 Idaho 260 Illinois 2754 Indiana 1427 Iowa 647 Kansas 573 Kentucky 1178 Louisiana 1021 Maine 297 Maryland 1039 Massachusetts 1207 Michigan 2336 Minnesota 1122 Mississippi 680 Missouri 1472 Montana 212 Nebraska 367 Nevada 543 New Hampshire 281 New Jersey 1662 New Mexico 363 New York 4052 North Carolina 2010 North Dakota 145 Ohio 2865 Oklahoma 858 Number of People State (in thousands)

Oregon 735 Pennsylvania 2858 Rhode Island 246 South Carolina 907 South Dakota 188 Tennessee 1343 Texas 4428 Utah 304 Vermont 134 Virginia 1487 Washington 1172 West Virginia 452 Wisconsin 1167 Wyoming 111