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Cities in South Carolina by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2023

Gaffney, SC had the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate of 43 cities in 2023, at 17.4%. Tega Cay, SC had the lowest, at 7.5%. The median was 12.6%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest17.4Gaffney, SC
Lowest7.5Tega Cay, SC
Median12.643 cities

All cities, 2023

Gaffney, SC: 17.4 %Gaffney, SC17.4Myrtle Beach, SC: 16.9 %Myrtle Beach, SC16.9Greenwood, SC: 16.7 %Greenwood, SC16.7Newberry, SC: 16 %Newberry, SC16York, SC: 15.7 %York, SC15.7Spartanburg, SC: 15.5 %Spartanburg, SC15.5Conway, SC: 15.1 %Conway, SC15.1Orangeburg, SC: 15.1 %Orangeburg, SC15.1Sumter, SC: 14.9 %Sumter, SC14.9Florence, SC: 14.7 %Florence, SC14.7Anderson, SC: 14.4 %Anderson, SC14.4North Charleston, SC: 14.3 %North Charleston, SC14.3Summerville, SC: 13.8 %Summerville, SC13.8Easley, SC: 13.7 %Easley, SC13.7Fountain Inn, SC: 13.6 %Fountain Inn, SC13.6Cayce, SC: 13.5 %Cayce, SC13.5Moncks Corner, SC: 13.2 %Moncks Corner, SC13.2Columbia, SC: 13 %Columbia, SC13Hanahan, SC: 12.9 %Hanahan, SC12.9West Columbia, SC: 12.9 %West Columbia, SC12.9Greer, SC: 12.7 %Greer, SC12.7Rock Hill, SC: 12.6 %Rock Hill, SC12.6Goose Creek, SC: 12 %Goose Creek, SC12North Myrtle Beach, SC: 11.7 %North Myrtle Beach, SC11.7North Augusta, SC: 11.6 %North Augusta, SC11.6Aiken, SC: 11.4 %Aiken, SC11.4Beaufort, SC: 11.3 %Beaufort, SC11.3Hardeeville, SC: 11.2 %Hardeeville, SC11.2Clemson, SC: 10.9 %Clemson, SC10.9Simpsonville, SC: 10.8 %Simpsonville, SC10.8Lexington, SC: 10.4 %Lexington, SC10.4Port Royal, SC: 10.4 %Port Royal, SC10.4Irmo, SC: 10.3 %Irmo, SC10.3Mauldin, SC: 10.3 %Mauldin, SC10.3Greenville, SC: 10 %Greenville, SC10Fort Mill, SC: 9.7 %Fort Mill, SC9.7Bluffton, SC: 9.5 %Bluffton, SC9.5Charleston, SC: 9.5 %Charleston, SC9.5James Island, SC: 8.9 %James Island, SC8.9Hilton Head Island, SC: 8.5 %Hilton Head Island, SC8.5Forest Acres, SC: 8.4 %Forest Acres, SC8.4Mount Pleasant, SC: 7.8 %Mount Pleasant, SC7.8Tega Cay, SC: 7.5 %Tega Cay, SC7.5Gaffney, SC: 17.4 %Gaffney, SC17.4Myrtle Beach, SC: 16.9 %Myrtle Beach, SC16.9Greenwood, SC: 16.7 %Greenwood, SC16.7Newberry, SC: 16 %Newberry, SC16York, SC: 15.7 %York, SC15.7Spartanburg, SC: 15.5 %Spartanburg, SC15.5Conway, SC: 15.1 %Conway, SC15.1Orangeburg, SC: 15.1 %Orangeburg, SC15.1Sumter, SC: 14.9 %Sumter, SC14.9Florence, SC: 14.7 %Florence, SC14.7Anderson, SC: 14.4 %Anderson, SC14.4North Charleston, SC: 14.3 %North Charleston, SC14.3Summerville, SC: 13.8 %Summerville, SC13.8Easley, SC: 13.7 %Easley, SC13.7Fountain Inn, SC: 13.6 %Fountain Inn, SC13.6Cayce, SC: 13.5 %Cayce, SC13.5Moncks Corner, SC: 13.2 %Moncks Corner, SC13.2Columbia, SC: 13 %Columbia, SC13Hanahan, SC: 12.9 %Hanahan, SC12.9West Columbia, SC: 12.9 %West Columbia, SC12.9Greer, SC: 12.7 %Greer, SC12.7Rock Hill, SC: 12.6 %Rock Hill, SC12.6Goose Creek, SC: 12 %Goose Creek, SC12North Myrtle Beach, SC: 11.7 %North Myrtle Beach, SC11.7North Augusta, SC: 11.6 %North Augusta, SC11.6Aiken, SC: 11.4 %Aiken, SC11.4Beaufort, SC: 11.3 %Beaufort, SC11.3Hardeeville, SC: 11.2 %Hardeeville, SC11.2Clemson, SC: 10.9 %Clemson, SC10.9Simpsonville, SC: 10.8 %Simpsonville, SC10.8Lexington, SC: 10.4 %Lexington, SC10.4Port Royal, SC: 10.4 %Port Royal, SC10.4Irmo, SC: 10.3 %Irmo, SC10.3Mauldin, SC: 10.3 %Mauldin, SC10.3Greenville, SC: 10 %Greenville, SC10Fort Mill, SC: 9.7 %Fort Mill, SC9.7Bluffton, SC: 9.5 %Bluffton, SC9.5Charleston, SC: 9.5 %Charleston, SC9.5James Island, SC: 8.9 %James Island, SC8.9Hilton Head Island, SC: 8.5 %Hilton Head Island, SC8.5Forest Acres, SC: 8.4 %Forest Acres, SC8.4Mount Pleasant, SC: 7.8 %Mount Pleasant, SC7.8Tega Cay, SC: 7.5 %Tega Cay, SC7.5
%. 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

RankCities2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Gaffney, SC17.4-1.5 pts
2Myrtle Beach, SC16.9-0.9 pts
3Greenwood, SC16.7-1.6 pts
4Newberry, SC16-0.3 pts
5York, SC15.7-3.3 pts
6Spartanburg, SC15.5-1.8 pts
7Conway, SC15.1-0.6 pts
7Orangeburg, SC15.1-2 pts
9Sumter, SC14.9-2.5 pts
10Florence, SC14.7-2 pts
11Anderson, SC14.4-3 pts
12North Charleston, SC14.3-2.2 pts
13Summerville, SC13.8-2.2 pts
14Easley, SC13.7-1.1 pts
15Fountain Inn, SC13.6-1.9 pts
16Cayce, SC13.5-1.8 pts
17Moncks Corner, SC13.2-2.7 pts
18Columbia, SC13-2.1 pts
19Hanahan, SC12.9-2.3 pts
19West Columbia, SC12.9-2.7 pts
21Greer, SC12.7-2.4 pts
22Rock Hill, SC12.6-3.5 pts
23Goose Creek, SC12-3.4 pts
24North Myrtle Beach, SC11.7-0.5 pts
25North Augusta, SC11.6-1.9 pts
26Aiken, SC11.4-1.7 pts
27Beaufort, SC11.3-1.9 pts
28Hardeeville, SC11.2-3.1 pts
29Clemson, SC10.9-0.9 pts
30Simpsonville, SC10.8-1.8 pts
31Lexington, SC10.4-1.3 pts
31Port Royal, SC10.4-2.2 pts
33Irmo, SC10.3-3.1 pts
33Mauldin, SC10.3-1.6 pts
35Greenville, SC10-1.6 pts
36Fort Mill, SC9.7-2.6 pts
37Bluffton, SC9.5-3.5 pts
37Charleston, SC9.5-1.7 pts
39James Island, SC8.9-0.7 pts
40Hilton Head Island, SC8.5-1.6 pts
41Forest Acres, SC8.4-2.5 pts
42Mount Pleasant, SC7.8-1.3 pts
43Tega Cay, SC7.5-3.2 pts

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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.

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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 South Carolina by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2023) [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 South Carolina by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2023. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/south-carolina-cities. 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 South Carolina by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/south-carolina-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Gaffney, SC, with 17.4% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Tega Cay, SC, with 7.5% in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

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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