Substance Misuse Smoking Smoking rates in Polk County are similar to the Florida state average across all categories below . However , smoking rat County ) are still higher than the Healthy People 2020 © goal of 12 %.
Smoking Prevalence Among Adults
Adults who used marijuana or hashish in the past 30 days
Adults who have never used e-cigarettes
Adults who are former e-cigarette users
Adults who are current e-cigarette users
Adults who have never smoked
Adults who are former smokers ( currently not smoking )
Adults current smokers who tried to quit smoking at least once in the past year
Adults who are current smokers ( Note : HP2020 Goal = 12 %)
0 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 40 % 50 % 60 % 70 % 80 % 90 % Florida Polk County
Indicator |
Polk County |
Florida |
Adults who are current smokers ( Note : HP2020 Goal = 12 %) |
16.0 % |
15.5 |
Adults current smokers who tried to quit smoking at least once in the past y |
70.4 % |
62.1 |
Adults who are former smokers ( currently not smoking ) |
27.6 % |
26.5 |
Adults who have never smoked |
56.5 % |
58.0 |
Adults who are current e-cigarette users |
3.7 % |
4.7 |
Adults who are former e-cigarette users |
14.0 % |
15.5 |
Adults who have never used e-cigarettes |
82.3 % |
79.8 |
Adults who used marijuana or hashish in the past 30 days |
6.1 % |
7.4 |
Source : Polk County Community Survey , as shown in the Polk County Community Health Assessment . Available at http :// polk . floridahe services / community-health-planning-and-statistics /_ documents / Polk _ CHA2020 . pdf