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November 2025 monthly data are now available via IPUMS CPS. Note that October data were not collected during the U.S. federal government shutdown.

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Description

TSMKER is a recode that classifies respondents as "everyday smoker", "non-daily smoker" (known in the original CPS codebooks as a "some-day smoker"), "former smoker", or a "never smoker".

This variable is part of the Tobacco Use Supplement.

Comparability

This variable is comparable for all available years.

Universe

  • 1992-2007: Persons age 15+.
  • 2010+: Persons interviewed for the Tobacco Use Supplement (TBRESP).
  • May 2011: Persons interviewed for the Tobacco Use Supplement (TBRESP); MIS 5-8 only.

Availability

Years Jan Feb ASEC Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1992 - - - - - - - - X - - -
1993 X - - - X - - - - - - -
1995 - - - - - - - - X - - -
1996 X - - - X - - - - - - -
1998 - - - - - - - - X - - -
1999 – 2000 X - - - X - - - - - - -
2001 - - - - - X - - - - X -
2002 - X - - - - - - - - - -
2003 - X - - - X - - - - X -
2006 - - - - X - - X - - - -
2007 X - - - - - - - - - - -
2010 - - - - X - - X - - - -
2011 X - - - X - - - - - - -
2014 - - - - - - X - - - - -
2015 X - - - X - - - - - - -
2018 - - - - - - X - - - - -
2019 X - - - X - - - - - - -
2022 - - - - - - - - X - - -
2023 X - - - X - - - - - - -

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