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

All 13 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/west-virginia-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Parkersburg, WV | 23.9 |
| 2 | Clarksburg, WV | 22.3 |
| 3 | Martinsburg, WV | 21.4 |
| 4 | Beckley, WV | 20.6 |
| 4 | Huntington, WV | 20.6 |
| 6 | St. Albans, WV | 19.4 |
| 7 | South Charleston, WV | 19 |
| 8 | Wheeling, WV | 18.5 |
| 9 | Fairmont, WV | 18.3 |
| 10 | Weirton, WV | 18.2 |
| 11 | Charleston, WV | 17.7 |
| 12 | Vienna, WV | 14.9 |
| 13 | Morgantown, WV | 14.4 |