How Does New Jersey Rank For Cigarette Smoking?

When you look at all the statistics regard cigarette smokers among all the states in America, how does New Jersey rank?

Your first reaction might be that with the stress alone in this state, that we would rank pretty high among cigarette smoking states, but if that's your gut reaction to it, your gut is wrong on this one.

In reality, when it comes to the percentage of adults who smoke cigarettes in each state, New Jersey ranks in the top 3 lowest states! That's right. Except for Utah and California, no state smokes less than we do.

The percentage of adults who smoke cigarettes in New Jersey is 13.5%, bested only by California's 11.7% and Utah's 9.1%, according to msn.com.

The top 3 states are Arkansas with 24.9%, West Virginia at 25.7% and topping the list is Kentucky, coming in at a whopping 25.9%.

The good news is that cigarette smoking is down in every state in the nation in the past five years, including a 19.64% drop here in New Jersey.