Smoking rates have decreased more than 50 percent since 1980, according to a Minnesota Heart Survey study.
The study, published in the Nov. 23 issue of the journal Circulation, was conducted through surveys every five years by University of Minnesota researchers.
Smoking has decreased by more than 50 percent in males and more than 62.7 percent among females, University associate professor and project director Lyn Steffen said.
The University of Minnesota population has seen similar decreases. The daily smoking rate among students decreased since 2007, Dave Golden, Boynton Health Service director of public health and marketing, said. The daily smoking rate is the lowest it has ever been, he said, and decreased from 3.7 percent in 2007 to 2.6 percent in 2010.
The study also looked at cardiovascular risk factors associated with smoking, Steffen said.
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