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Cities in Massachusetts by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate

New Bedford, MA had the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate of 54 cities in 2022, at 19.8%. Newton, MA had the lowest, at 6.2%. The median was 12.9%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest19.8New Bedford, MA
Lowest6.2Newton, MA
Median12.954 cities

All cities, 2022

New Bedford, MA: 19.8 %New Bedford, MA19.8Fall River, MA: 19.7 %Fall River, MA19.7Southbridge Town, MA: 18.7 %Southbridge Town, MA18.7Taunton, MA: 17.9 %Taunton, MA17.9Gardner, MA: 17.4 %Gardner, MA17.4Brockton, MA: 17.3 %Brockton, MA17.3Springfield, MA: 17.1 %Springfield, MA17.1Holyoke, MA: 16.7 %Holyoke, MA16.7Palmer Town, MA: 15.9 %Palmer Town, MA15.9Fitchburg, MA: 15.8 %Fitchburg, MA15.8Greenfield, MA: 15.7 %Greenfield, MA15.7North Adams, MA: 15.6 %North Adams, MA15.6Everett, MA: 15.4 %Everett, MA15.4Chicopee, MA: 15.3 %Chicopee, MA15.3Worcester, MA: 15.2 %Worcester, MA15.2Chelsea, MA: 14.9 %Chelsea, MA14.9Leominster, MA: 14.4 %Leominster, MA14.4West Springfield Town, MA: 14.4 %West Springfield Town, MA14.4Lawrence, MA: 14.3 %Lawrence, MA14.3Lynn, MA: 14.1 %Lynn, MA14.1Revere, MA: 13.7 %Revere, MA13.7Attleboro, MA: 13.6 %Attleboro, MA13.6Lowell, MA: 13.4 %Lowell, MA13.4Haverhill, MA: 13.3 %Haverhill, MA13.3Westfield, MA: 13.3 %Westfield, MA13.3Pittsfield, MA: 13.2 %Pittsfield, MA13.2Randolph Town, MA: 13.1 %Randolph Town, MA13.1Bridgewater Town, MA: 12.7 %Bridgewater Town, MA12.7Agawam Town, MA: 12.6 %Agawam Town, MA12.6Marlborough, MA: 12.3 %Marlborough, MA12.3Barnstable Town, MA: 12.2 %Barnstable Town, MA12.2Gloucester, MA: 12.2 %Gloucester, MA12.2Weymouth Town, MA: 11.8 %Weymouth Town, MA11.8Malden, MA: 11.6 %Malden, MA11.6Peabody, MA: 11.3 %Peabody, MA11.3North Attleborough Town, MA: 11.2 %North Attleborough Town, MA11.2Framingham, MA: 11 %Framingham, MA11Woburn, MA: 11 %Woburn, MA11Salem, MA: 10.9 %Salem, MA10.9Winthrop Town, MA: 10.8 %Winthrop Town, MA10.8Boston, MA: 10.7 %Boston, MA10.7Quincy, MA: 10.7 %Quincy, MA10.7Beverly, MA: 10 %Beverly, MA10Braintree Town, MA: 9.9 %Braintree Town, MA9.9Medford, MA: 9.4 %Medford, MA9.4Franklin Town, MA: 9.3 %Franklin Town, MA9.3Northampton, MA: 9.2 %Northampton, MA9.2Waltham, MA: 8.8 %Waltham, MA8.8Somerville, MA: 8.5 %Somerville, MA8.5Melrose, MA: 8.4 %Melrose, MA8.4Amherst Town, MA: 7.3 %Amherst Town, MA7.3Newburyport, MA: 7 %Newburyport, MA7Cambridge, MA: 6.9 %Cambridge, MA6.9Newton, MA: 6.2 %Newton, MA6.2New Bedford, MA: 19.8 %New Bedford, MA19.8Fall River, MA: 19.7 %Fall River, MA19.7Southbridge Town, MA: 18.7 %Southbridge Town, MA18.7Taunton, MA: 17.9 %Taunton, MA17.9Gardner, MA: 17.4 %Gardner, MA17.4Brockton, MA: 17.3 %Brockton, MA17.3Springfield, MA: 17.1 %Springfield, MA17.1Holyoke, MA: 16.7 %Holyoke, MA16.7Palmer Town, MA: 15.9 %Palmer Town, MA15.9Fitchburg, MA: 15.8 %Fitchburg, MA15.8Greenfield, MA: 15.7 %Greenfield, MA15.7North Adams, MA: 15.6 %North Adams, MA15.6Everett, MA: 15.4 %Everett, MA15.4Chicopee, MA: 15.3 %Chicopee, MA15.3Worcester, MA: 15.2 %Worcester, MA15.2Chelsea, MA: 14.9 %Chelsea, MA14.9Leominster, MA: 14.4 %Leominster, MA14.4West Springfield Town, MA: 14.4 %West Springfield Town, MA14.4Lawrence, MA: 14.3 %Lawrence, MA14.3Lynn, MA: 14.1 %Lynn, MA14.1Revere, MA: 13.7 %Revere, MA13.7Attleboro, MA: 13.6 %Attleboro, MA13.6Lowell, MA: 13.4 %Lowell, MA13.4Haverhill, MA: 13.3 %Haverhill, MA13.3Westfield, MA: 13.3 %Westfield, MA13.3Pittsfield, MA: 13.2 %Pittsfield, MA13.2Randolph Town, MA: 13.1 %Randolph Town, MA13.1Bridgewater Town, MA: 12.7 %Bridgewater Town, MA12.7Agawam Town, MA: 12.6 %Agawam Town, MA12.6Marlborough, MA: 12.3 %Marlborough, MA12.3Barnstable Town, MA: 12.2 %Barnstable Town, MA12.2Gloucester, MA: 12.2 %Gloucester, MA12.2Weymouth Town, MA: 11.8 %Weymouth Town, MA11.8Malden, MA: 11.6 %Malden, MA11.6Peabody, MA: 11.3 %Peabody, MA11.3North Attleborough Town, MA: 11.2 %North Attleborough Town, MA11.2Framingham, MA: 11 %Framingham, MA11Woburn, MA: 11 %Woburn, MA11Salem, MA: 10.9 %Salem, MA10.9Winthrop Town, MA: 10.8 %Winthrop Town, MA10.8Boston, MA: 10.7 %Boston, MA10.7Quincy, MA: 10.7 %Quincy, MA10.7Beverly, MA: 10 %Beverly, MA10Braintree Town, MA: 9.9 %Braintree Town, MA9.9Medford, MA: 9.4 %Medford, MA9.4Franklin Town, MA: 9.3 %Franklin Town, MA9.3Northampton, MA: 9.2 %Northampton, MA9.2Waltham, MA: 8.8 %Waltham, MA8.8Somerville, MA: 8.5 %Somerville, MA8.5Melrose, MA: 8.4 %Melrose, MA8.4Amherst Town, MA: 7.3 %Amherst Town, MA7.3Newburyport, MA: 7 %Newburyport, MA7Cambridge, MA: 6.9 %Cambridge, MA6.9Newton, MA: 6.2 %Newton, MA6.2
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022 (%)Change on 2021
1New Bedford, MA19.8-1.7 pts
2Fall River, MA19.7-2.6 pts
3Southbridge Town, MA18.70 pts
4Taunton, MA17.9-1.4 pts
5Gardner, MA17.4+0.4 pts
6Brockton, MA17.3-2.3 pts
7Springfield, MA17.1-2.1 pts
8Holyoke, MA16.7-1.6 pts
9Palmer Town, MA15.9-0.4 pts
10Fitchburg, MA15.8-0.6 pts
11Greenfield, MA15.7n/a
12North Adams, MA15.6-3 pts
13Everett, MA15.4-0.1 pts
14Chicopee, MA15.3-1.8 pts
15Worcester, MA15.2-1 pts
16Chelsea, MA14.9-1.5 pts
17Leominster, MA14.4-1 pts
17West Springfield Town, MA14.4-0.7 pts
19Lawrence, MA14.3-2.8 pts
20Lynn, MA14.1-2.9 pts
21Revere, MA13.7-1.7 pts
22Attleboro, MA13.6-2.2 pts
23Lowell, MA13.4-2.4 pts
24Haverhill, MA13.3-1.7 pts
24Westfield, MA13.3-0.4 pts
26Pittsfield, MA13.2-3.7 pts
27Randolph Town, MA13.1-1.7 pts
28Bridgewater Town, MA12.7-1.4 pts
29Agawam Town, MA12.6-0.7 pts
30Marlborough, MA12.3-0.1 pts
31Barnstable Town, MA12.2-1.7 pts
31Gloucester, MA12.2-1.1 pts
33Weymouth Town, MA11.8-1.6 pts
34Malden, MA11.6-2 pts
35Peabody, MA11.3-1.8 pts
36North Attleborough Town, MA11.2n/a
37Framingham, MA11-0.9 pts
37Woburn, MA11+0.1 pts
39Salem, MA10.9-2.2 pts
40Winthrop Town, MA10.8-1.8 pts
41Boston, MA10.7-1.5 pts
41Quincy, MA10.7-2.6 pts
43Beverly, MA10-1.4 pts
44Braintree Town, MA9.9-2.3 pts
45Medford, MA9.4-0.7 pts
46Franklin Town, MA9.3-2 pts
47Northampton, MA9.2-2 pts
48Waltham, MA8.8-0.6 pts
49Somerville, MA8.5-1.2 pts
50Melrose, MA8.4-0.7 pts
51Amherst Town, MA7.3n/a
52Newburyport, MA7-2.8 pts
53Cambridge, MA6.9-0.7 pts
54Newton, MA6.2-0.7 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Percentage of adults who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or on some days. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries. State and national values come from direct BRFSS estimates under adult_smoking_rate.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence (Cities in Massachusetts by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence, Cities in Massachusetts by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/massachusetts-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Cities in Massachusetts by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/massachusetts-cities?period=2022.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence, Cities in Massachusetts by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/massachusetts-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate?

New Bedford, MA, with 19.8% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Newton, MA, with 6.2% in 2022.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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