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
http://ift.tt/2tguLqZ
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 (from 16.9% to 18.4% among adults 45-64, and from 8.4% to 8.8% among 65+), who almost never begin smoking cigarettes.

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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

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

[unable to retrieve full-text content]

CDC’s implementation of new sample design for 2016 NHIS delineated at
http://ift.tt/2tguLqZ
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

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