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January 01, 2001
Even Chronic Conditions Won't Stop Smoking
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In 2000, about 37.9 percent of people with emphysema, 24.8 percent of people with asthma, 20 percent of people with hypertension or cardiovascular problems, and 18.5 percent of people with diabetes reported that they currently smoked.
In addition, three out of five smokers who also had any of the chronic conditions listed above reported that their doctor had advised them in the previous 12 months to stop smoking. Overall, about 57 percent of smokers who had a routine checkup in the previous 12 months were counseled by a physician to stop smoking.
Other findings include:
- In late 2000 through early 2001, 23.1 percent of people over 18 reported that they currently smoked.
- People with less than a high school education were more than twice as likely as those with at least some post high school education to be smokers (32.8 percent vs. 15.8 percent).
- Almost a quarter of non-Hispanic blacks (23.6 percent) and non-Hispanic whites and other people (23.8 percent) smoked as compared with only 16.8 percent of Hispanics.
The numbers come from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In late 2000 and early 2001, the AHRQ added a self-administered questionnaire added to its Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to collect information on health care quality and satisfaction with health care.
AHRQ says it combined the results of the new questionnaire with demographic, chronic condition, and preventive care information collected in a nationally representative survey of people over the age of 18 who are not in the military or living in institutions. More than 15,600 people responded to the survey questions.
The data are published in a statistical brief available on the AHRQ Web site at: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/PrintProducts/PrintProd_Detail.asp?ID=479
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