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Cities in New York by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate

New Square, NY had the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate of 90 cities in 2022, at 29.6%. Rye, NY had the lowest, at 6.1%. The median was 13.7%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest29.6New Square, NY
Lowest6.1Rye, NY
Median13.790 cities

Top 40 cities, 2022

New Square, NY: 29.6 %New Square, NY29.6Kiryas Joel, NY: 28.3 %Kiryas Joel, NY28.3Gloversville, NY: 22.4 %Gloversville, NY22.4Fulton, NY: 21.2 %Fulton, NY21.2Elmira, NY: 21.1 %Elmira, NY21.1Endicott, NY: 20.5 %Endicott, NY20.5Jamestown, NY: 20.3 %Jamestown, NY20.3Auburn, NY: 19.9 %Auburn, NY19.9Lackawanna, NY: 19.8 %Lackawanna, NY19.8Niagara Falls, NY: 19.6 %Niagara Falls, NY19.6Utica, NY: 19.5 %Utica, NY19.5Olean, NY: 19.1 %Olean, NY19.1Rochester, NY: 18.9 %Rochester, NY18.9Watervliet, NY: 18.9 %Watervliet, NY18.9Rome, NY: 18.8 %Rome, NY18.8Buffalo, NY: 18.7 %Buffalo, NY18.7Spring Valley, NY: 18.7 %Spring Valley, NY18.7Schenectady, NY: 18.6 %Schenectady, NY18.6Oswego, NY: 18.1 %Oswego, NY18.1Syracuse, NY: 18 %Syracuse, NY18Binghamton, NY: 17.5 %Binghamton, NY17.5Glens Falls, NY: 17.5 %Glens Falls, NY17.5Cohoes, NY: 17.4 %Cohoes, NY17.4Amsterdam, NY: 17.3 %Amsterdam, NY17.3Dunkirk, NY: 17.3 %Dunkirk, NY17.3Watertown, NY: 16.8 %Watertown, NY16.8Kingston, NY: 16.7 %Kingston, NY16.7Newburgh, NY: 16.7 %Newburgh, NY16.7Johnson City, NY: 16.6 %Johnson City, NY16.6Lockport, NY: 16.6 %Lockport, NY16.6Oneida, NY: 16.5 %Oneida, NY16.5Batavia, NY: 16.2 %Batavia, NY16.2Troy, NY: 16.2 %Troy, NY16.2Poughkeepsie, NY: 15.8 %Poughkeepsie, NY15.8Tonawanda, NY: 15.8 %Tonawanda, NY15.8Hempstead, NY: 15.5 %Hempstead, NY15.5Albany, NY: 15 %Albany, NY15Corning, NY: 14.8 %Corning, NY14.8Depew, NY: 14.8 %Depew, NY14.8North Tonawanda, NY: 14.8 %North Tonawanda, NY14.8New Square, NY: 29.6 %New Square, NY29.6Kiryas Joel, NY: 28.3 %Kiryas Joel, NY28.3Gloversville, NY: 22.4 %Gloversville, NY22.4Fulton, NY: 21.2 %Fulton, NY21.2Elmira, NY: 21.1 %Elmira, NY21.1Endicott, NY: 20.5 %Endicott, NY20.5Jamestown, NY: 20.3 %Jamestown, NY20.3Auburn, NY: 19.9 %Auburn, NY19.9Lackawanna, NY: 19.8 %Lackawanna, NY19.8Niagara Falls, NY: 19.6 %Niagara Falls, NY19.6Utica, NY: 19.5 %Utica, NY19.5Olean, NY: 19.1 %Olean, NY19.1Rochester, NY: 18.9 %Rochester, NY18.9Watervliet, NY: 18.9 %Watervliet, NY18.9Rome, NY: 18.8 %Rome, NY18.8Buffalo, NY: 18.7 %Buffalo, NY18.7Spring Valley, NY: 18.7 %Spring Valley, NY18.7Schenectady, NY: 18.6 %Schenectady, NY18.6Oswego, NY: 18.1 %Oswego, NY18.1Syracuse, NY: 18 %Syracuse, NY18Binghamton, NY: 17.5 %Binghamton, NY17.5Glens Falls, NY: 17.5 %Glens Falls, NY17.5Cohoes, NY: 17.4 %Cohoes, NY17.4Amsterdam, NY: 17.3 %Amsterdam, NY17.3Dunkirk, NY: 17.3 %Dunkirk, NY17.3Watertown, NY: 16.8 %Watertown, NY16.8Kingston, NY: 16.7 %Kingston, NY16.7Newburgh, NY: 16.7 %Newburgh, NY16.7Johnson City, NY: 16.6 %Johnson City, NY16.6Lockport, NY: 16.6 %Lockport, NY16.6Oneida, NY: 16.5 %Oneida, NY16.5Batavia, NY: 16.2 %Batavia, NY16.2Troy, NY: 16.2 %Troy, NY16.2Poughkeepsie, NY: 15.8 %Poughkeepsie, NY15.8Tonawanda, NY: 15.8 %Tonawanda, NY15.8Hempstead, NY: 15.5 %Hempstead, NY15.5Albany, NY: 15 %Albany, NY15Corning, NY: 14.8 %Corning, NY14.8Depew, NY: 14.8 %Depew, NY14.8North Tonawanda, NY: 14.8 %North Tonawanda, NY14.8
%. 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 Square, NY29.6-6.4 pts
2Kiryas Joel, NY28.3-4.7 pts
3Gloversville, NY22.4-5.5 pts
4Fulton, NY21.2-1.4 pts
5Elmira, NY21.1-6.5 pts
6Endicott, NY20.5-1.5 pts
7Jamestown, NY20.3-5.2 pts
8Auburn, NY19.9-4.6 pts
9Lackawanna, NY19.8-4.9 pts
10Niagara Falls, NY19.6-6 pts
11Utica, NY19.5-6.7 pts
12Olean, NY19.1-0.6 pts
13Rochester, NY18.9-4.7 pts
13Watervliet, NY18.9-1.6 pts
15Rome, NY18.8-6.1 pts
16Buffalo, NY18.7-4.2 pts
16Spring Valley, NY18.7-3.5 pts
18Schenectady, NY18.6-3.2 pts
19Oswego, NY18.1-1.5 pts
20Syracuse, NY18-6.9 pts
21Binghamton, NY17.5-4.6 pts
21Glens Falls, NY17.5-3.2 pts
23Cohoes, NY17.4-2 pts
24Amsterdam, NY17.3-4.2 pts
24Dunkirk, NY17.3-5.9 pts
26Watertown, NY16.8-5.6 pts
27Kingston, NY16.7-2.9 pts
27Newburgh, NY16.7-4.2 pts
29Johnson City, NY16.6-3 pts
29Lockport, NY16.6-6.2 pts
31Oneida, NY16.5-4.3 pts
32Batavia, NY16.2-5.2 pts
32Troy, NY16.2-4.3 pts
34Poughkeepsie, NY15.8-4.7 pts
34Tonawanda, NY15.8-2.5 pts
36Hempstead, NY15.5-2.8 pts
37Albany, NY15-3.4 pts
38Corning, NY14.8-2.6 pts
38Depew, NY14.8-3.3 pts
38North Tonawanda, NY14.8-4.7 pts
41Cortland, NY14.7-3.5 pts
42Middletown, NY14.4-3.3 pts
43Canandaigua, NY14-1.6 pts
43Haverstraw, NY14-1.6 pts
45Airmont, NY13.7+0.1 pts
45Plattsburgh, NY13.7-2.4 pts
47Geneva, NY13.6-4.3 pts
48Mount Vernon, NY13.4-2.1 pts
49West Haverstraw, NY13.2-4 pts
50Chestnut Ridge, NY12.9-2 pts
51New York, NY12.6-1.3 pts
51Patchogue, NY12.6-2.1 pts
53Kenmore, NY12.4-2.6 pts
53Sleepy Hollow, NY12.4-0.5 pts
55Lindenhurst, NY12.3-2.2 pts
56Yonkers, NY12.2-2 pts
57Freeport, NY12.1-2.2 pts
57Port Chester, NY12.1-2 pts
59Glen Cove, NY12-2 pts
60Beacon, NY11.5-8 pts
61Peekskill, NY11.4-4 pts
62Lynbrook, NY11.2-0.2 pts
62Oneonta, NY11.2-1.6 pts
64Ossining, NY11-3.7 pts
65Lake Grove, NY10.8-1.3 pts
66New Rochelle, NY10.6-1.4 pts
67Babylon, NY10.5-0.1 pts
68Long Beach, NY10.3-1.3 pts
68Suffern, NY10.3-2.6 pts
70Mount Kisco, NY10.2-2.1 pts
70Woodbury, NY10.2-3.6 pts
72Valley Stream, NY10.1-1.4 pts
73East Rockaway, NY10-1.9 pts
74Mamaroneck, NY9.9-0.9 pts
75Massapequa Park, NY9.8-1.7 pts
76Saratoga Springs, NY9.7-2.5 pts
77Great Neck, NY9.6-1.6 pts
78Mineola, NY9.5-2 pts
78Westbury, NY9.5-3.8 pts
80White Plains, NY9.4-2.3 pts
81Ithaca, NY9.2-2.4 pts
82New Hyde Park, NY8.3-1.9 pts
82Rockville Centre, NY8.3-1.2 pts
82Tarrytown, NY8.3-1.2 pts
85Harrison, NY8.2-1.2 pts
86Dobbs Ferry, NY7.6-1.1 pts
87Floral Park, NY7.4-2.9 pts
88Garden City, NY6.8-0.8 pts
89Scarsdale, NY6.2-0.3 pts
90Rye, NY6.1-2 pts

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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 New York 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 New York 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/new-york-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 New York 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/new-york-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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New Square, NY, with 29.6% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Rye, NY, with 6.1% in 2022.

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