# Cities in Virginia by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2023

All 39 values come from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `adult_smoking_rate_modelled`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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 (https://www.cdc.gov/places/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/cdc
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/virginia-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hopewell, VA | 20.4 |
| 2 | Danville, VA | 19.6 |
| 3 | Martinsville, VA | 19.4 |
| 4 | Bristol, VA | 18.1 |
| 5 | Petersburg, VA | 17.6 |
| 6 | Roanoke, VA | 16.7 |
| 7 | Portsmouth, VA | 16.5 |
| 8 | Front Royal, VA | 16.3 |
| 9 | Waynesboro, VA | 15.7 |
| 9 | Winchester, VA | 15.7 |
| 11 | Newport News, VA | 14.4 |
| 12 | Hampton, VA | 14.3 |
| 13 | Richmond, VA | 13.9 |
| 14 | Manassas Park, VA | 13.7 |
| 14 | Norfolk, VA | 13.7 |
| 14 | Radford, VA | 13.7 |
| 17 | Suffolk, VA | 13.4 |
| 18 | Culpeper, VA | 13.3 |
| 18 | Staunton, VA | 13.3 |
| 20 | Chesapeake, VA | 12.9 |
| 20 | Colonial Heights, VA | 12.9 |
| 20 | Harrisonburg, VA | 12.9 |
| 20 | Lynchburg, VA | 12.9 |
| 20 | Salem, VA | 12.9 |
| 25 | Christiansburg, VA | 12.2 |
| 26 | Manassas, VA | 12.1 |
| 26 | Virginia Beach, VA | 12.1 |
| 28 | Fredericksburg, VA | 11.6 |
| 29 | Poquoson, VA | 11.2 |
| 30 | Charlottesville, VA | 11.1 |
| 31 | Warrenton, VA | 11 |
| 32 | Blacksburg, VA | 10.1 |
| 33 | Herndon, VA | 9.8 |
| 33 | Leesburg, VA | 9.8 |
| 35 | Williamsburg, VA | 9.2 |
| 36 | Alexandria, VA | 9.1 |
| 36 | Fairfax, VA | 9.1 |
| 38 | Vienna, VA | 7.4 |
| 39 | Falls Church, VA | 6.9 |