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Adult cigarette smoking rate in Alabama

Adult cigarette smoking rate in Alabama was 12% in 2025, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is down 2 pts from 2024. That is the 16th highest of 48 states in 2025.

202512%
Change on 2024-2 pts
Rank16th of 48US states ranked
Series high24.32011
Series low122025

Adult cigarette smoking rate in Alabama, 2011 to 2025

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1012.51517.52022.5252011201420172020202320252011: 24.3 %2012: 23.8 %2013: 21.5 %2014: 21.1 %2015: 21.4 %2016: 21.5 %2017: 20.9 %2018: 19.2 %2019: 20.2 %2020: 18.5 %2021: 17.2 %2022: 15.6 %2023: 14.2 %2024: 14 %2025: 12 %
%. Source: CDC. Retrieved 2026-10-09, published 2026-09-15.
All 15 values
Period%
202512
202414
202314.2
202215.6
202117.2
202018.5
201920.2
201819.2
201720.9
201621.5
201521.4
201421.1
201321.5
201223.8
201124.3

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Definition

Percentage of adults aged 18 and over who currently smoke cigarettes: they have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or on some days. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

United States: CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), states and DC only. BRFSS publishes the median of the states rather than a national prevalence, so no national value is served. E-cigarettes and other tobacco products are not counted. The series starts in 2011, when BRFSS changed its methods.

How to cite

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), adults who are current smokers, crude prevalence, overall. https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid%3D%27_RFSMOK3%27+AND+responseid%3D%27RESP046%27+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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What is the adult smoking rate in Alabama?

Adult cigarette smoking rate in Alabama was 12% in 2025, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is down 2 pts from 2024. That is the 16th highest of 48 states in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), adults who are current smokers, crude prevalence, overall. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-09.

What was the highest adult smoking rate in Alabama?

24.3% in 2011, the highest value since 2011 in this series.

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