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TU-1.1

Tobacco Use

TU-1.1 Reduce cigarette smoking by adults
LHI

Leading Health Indicators are a subset of Healthy People 2020 objectives selected to communicate high-priority health issues.

Baseline: 20.6 percent of adults aged 18 years and over were current cigarette smokers in 2008 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target: 12.0 percent
Target-Setting Method: Retention of Healthy People 2010 target
Data Sources:
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC/NCHS
Data:
Data for this objective HP2020 data for this objective
Data Details Details about the methodology and measurement of this HP2020 objective
Healthy People 2010 The HP2010 objective with the same definition was 27-01a.
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