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APPENDIX - Brief #3

Estimated Number of Cigarette Smokers Aged 18 and Older

Percent of Current Smokers Who Have Quit Smoking for at Least One Day

Excise Tax Collection History

Estimated Number of Cigarette Smokers Aged 18 and Older

West Virginia Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1990-1999

Both Sexes

Year

Estimated Number

95% Confidence Interval

1990

354402

330702 , 378102

1991 336506 313362 , 359650
1992 329587 306463 , 352711
1993 363862 339943 , 387782
1994 365179 341242 , 389115
1995 352134> 328365 , 375904
1996 370431 345904 , 394958
1997 381779 357124 , 406434
1998 386716 361920 , 411513
1999 375747 352015 , 399479

Males

1990

182892

164468 , 201316

1991 162044 143774 , 180314
1992 169592 151499 , 187686
1993 175617 157111 , 194123
1994 174401 156260 , 192542
1995 160222 142049 , 178394
1996 182602 163453 , 201751
1997 178548 160153 , 196943
1998 193572 174539 , 212604
1999 197204 179201 , 215207

Females

1990 171510 155972 , 187048
1991 174462 159289 , 189635
1992 159994 144857 , 175132
1993 188246 172333 , 204158
1994 190777 174630 , 206924
1995 191913 175908 , 207917
1996 187829 171642 , 204016
1997 203231 186404 , 220058
1998 193145 176643 , 209647
1999 178543 162746 , 194340

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Percent of Current Smokers
Who Have Quit Smoking for at Least One Day During the Past 12 Months

West Virginia Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
1991-1999

Both Sexes

Year

%

95% Confidence Interval

1991 43.4 39.5 , 47.3
1992 47.8 43.8 , 51.8
1993 51.5 47.7 , 55.3
1994 43.9 39.9 , 48.0
1995 40.6 36.7 , 44.5
1996 42.5 38.5 , 46.6
1997 43.7 39.7 , 47.7
1998 46.2 42.2 , 50.2
1999 52.6 48.6 , 56.6
9-year average 45.9 44.5 , 47.2

Males

1991 46.4 39.8 , 52.9
1992 49.1 43.0 , 55.2
1993 46.7 40.5 , 52.9
1994 46.0 39.5 , 52.5
1995 33.3 26.9 , 39.6
1996 44.8 38.4 , 51.2
1997 43.1 36.7 , 49.4
1998 47.8 41.5 , 54.1
1999 54.5 48.5 , 60.4
9-year average 46.0 43.8 , 48.1

Females

1991 40.7 35.8 , 45.6
1992 46.4 41.1 , 51.7
1993 56.0 51.1 , 60.9
1994 42.1 36.9 , 47.2
1995 46.7 41.8 , 51.7
1996 40.3 35.1 , 45.4
1997 44.3 39.2 , 49.4
1998 44.7 39.5 , 49.9
1999 50.6 45.2 , 56.0
9-year average 45.8 44.1 , 47.5

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West Virginia Cigarette Excise Tax
Collection History, 1966/67 - 1998/99

July-June Fiscal Year

Estimated Sales (Packs of 20)

1966-67

203,437,000
1967-68 196,500,000
1968-69 201,533,000
1969-70 207,960,000
1970-71 202,514,000
1971-72 205,270,000
1972-73 207,027,000
1973-74 214,536,000
1974-75 219,203,000
1975-76 234,163,000
1976-77 243,307,000
1977-78 251,556,000
1978-79 227,337,000
1979-80 228,195,000
1980-81 233,648,000
1981-82 232,096,000
1982-83 223,568,000
1983-84 218,415,000
1984-85 213,444,000
1985-86 214,745,000
1986-87 209,550,000
1987-88 209,117,000
1988-89 197,786,000
1989-90 197,418,000
1990-91 195,097,000
1991-92 197,812,000
1992-93 200,969,000
1993-94 205,858,000
1994-95 208,385,000
1995-96 206,199,000
1996-97 208,263,000
1997-98 205,126,000
1998-99 202,682,000

1. In 1997 (the latest year for which data were available at time of publication), the Youth Risk Behavior Survey estimated that approximately 17,000 West Virginia students in grades 9-12 were regular cigarette smokers. Some of these students (those aged 18 and 19) could also have been included in the BRFSS survey.

Brief #3, Hard Copy Released - September 2000, Web Publication - January 2001

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