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MEPS HC 251

2023 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 12, 2025

Variable Name:	OFTSMK53
Description:	HOW OFTN SMOKE CIGARETTES (>17) - RD 5/3
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	588
End:	589

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW	67	1,073,781
-7 REFUSED	103	1,489,405
-1 INAPPLICABLE	3,833	75,233,380
1 EVERY DAY	1,215	19,178,585
2 SOME DAYS	547	8,818,507
3 NOT AT ALL	13,154	228,736,616
TOTAL	18,919	334,530,273

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