CDC changes sample design for 2016 NHIS, finds unlikely increase in adult smoking

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CDC’s implementation of new sample design for 2016 NHIS delineated at
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results in unexplained (and perhaps nonexistent) increase in US adult cigarette smoking rate (from 15.1% in 2015 to 15.8% in 2016), especially since the vast majority of the increase was among adults over 45 years (who almost never begin smoking cigarettes).

US NHIS Adult Cigarette Smoking Rate (%)

Year Adults 18-44...

CDC changes sample design for 2016 NHIS, finds unlikely increase in adult smoking

CDC changes sample design for 2016 NHIS, finds unlikely increase in adult smoking