Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC 256

2024 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 6, 2026

Variable Name:	OFTSMK53
Description:	HOW OFTN SMOKE CIGARETTES (>17) - RD 5/3
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	583
End:	584

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW	34	665,259
-7 REFUSED	89	1,609,745
-1 INAPPLICABLE	3,828	75,558,215
1 EVERY DAY	1,090	16,977,533
2 SOME DAYS	587	9,834,405
3 NOT AT ALL	13,512	235,152,472
TOTAL	19,140	339,797,630

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