snapshot: cigarette smokers per community, 2009
By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | Dec. 29, 2011
Smokers are more heavily concentrated in some older urban areas, such as North Adams, Revere, and Fall River, according to estimates done by the Health Geography Lab, a Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Towns with lower percents, according to the 2009 data, include Yarmouth, Wrentham, and Worcester.
| Community | % adults who smoke |
| ABINGTON | 20% |
| ACTON | 8% |
| ACUSHNET | 20% |
| ADAMS | 21% |
| AGAWAM | 19% |
| ALFORD | 10% |
| AMESBURY | 20% |
| AMHERST | 18% |
| ANDOVER | 8% |
| ARLINGTON | 12% |
| ASHBURNHAM | 18% |
| ASHBY | 19% |
| ASHFIELD | 15% |
| ASHLAND | 15% |
| ATHOL | 23% |
| ATTLEBORO | 21% |
| AUBURN | 16% |
| AVON | 17% |
| AYER | 19% |
| BARNSTABLE | 15% |
| BARRE | 19% |
| BECKET | 19% |
| BEDFORD | 8% |
| BELCHERTOWN | 19% |
| BELLINGHAM | 18% |
| BELMONT | 8% |
| BERKLEY | 20% |
| BERLIN | 16% |
| BERNARDSTON | 19% |
| BEVERLY | 17% |
| BILLERICA | 21% |
| BLACKSTONE | 24% |
| BLANDFORD | 19% |
| BOLTON | 9% |
| BOSTON | 14% |
| BOURNE | 20% |
| BOXBOROUGH | 9% |
| BOXFORD | 8% |
| BOYLSTON | 14% |
| BRAINTREE | 16% |
| BREWSTER | 13% |
| BRIDGEWATER | 17% |
| BRIMFIELD | 19% |
| BROCKTON | 20% |
| BROOKFIELD | 21% |
| BROOKLINE | 8% |
| BUCKLAND | 21% |
| BURLINGTON | 12% |
| CAMBRIDGE | 10% |
| CANTON | 13% |
| CARLISLE | 5% |
| CARVER | 18% |
| CHARLEMONT | 20% |
| CHARLTON | 18% |
| CHATHAM | 12% |
| CHELMSFORD | 12% |
| CHELSEA | 21% |
| CHESHIRE | 19% |
| CHESTER | 24% |
| CHESTERFIELD | 20% |
| CHICOPEE | 24% |
| CHILMARK | 12% |
| CLARKSBURG | 19% |
| CLINTON | 21% |
| COHASSET | 9% |
| COLRAIN | 22% |
| CONCORD | 6% |
| CONWAY | 14% |
| CUMMINGTON | 18% |
| DALTON | 16% |
| DANVERS | 14% |
| DARTMOUTH | 17% |
| DEDHAM | 15% |
| DEERFIELD | 15% |
| DENNIS | 15% |
| DIGHTON | 18% |
| DOUGLAS | 21% |
| DOVER | 5% |
| DRACUT | 22% |
| DUDLEY | 22% |
| DUNSTABLE | 13% |
| DUXBURY | 8% |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | 18% |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 20% |
| EASTHAM | 14% |
| EASTHAMPTON | 20% |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 14% |
| EASTON | 17% |
| EDGARTOWN | 17% |
| EGREMONT | 12% |
| ERVING | 22% |
| ESSEX | 16% |
| EVERETT | 24% |
| FAIRHAVEN | 22% |
| FALL RIVER | 26% |
| FALMOUTH | 13% |
| FITCHBURG | 25% |
| FLORIDA | 20% |
| FOXBOROUGH | 15% |
| FRAMINGHAM | 15% |
| FRANKLIN | 14% |
| FREETOWN | 18% |
| GARDNER | 24% |
| GEORGETOWN | 15% |
| GILL | 18% |
| GLOUCESTER | 19% |
| GOSHEN | 20% |
| GRAFTON | 16% |
| GRANBY | 18% |
| GRANVILLE | 18% |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 16% |
| GREENFIELD | 22% |
| GROTON | 12% |
| GROVELAND | 15% |
| HADLEY | 15% |
| HALIFAX | 18% |
| HAMILTON | 12% |
| HAMPDEN | 15% |
| HANCOCK | 17% |
| HANOVER | 14% |
| HANSON | 18% |
| HARDWICK | 21% |
| HARVARD | 8% |
| HARWICH | 13% |
| HATFIELD | 16% |
| HAVERHILL | 21% |
| HAWLEY | 21% |
| HEATH | 19% |
| HINGHAM | 9% |
| HINSDALE | 23% |
| HOLBROOK | 19% |
| HOLDEN | 12% |
| HOLLAND | 21% |
| HOLLISTON | 12% |
| HOLYOKE | 21% |
| HOPEDALE | 16% |
| HOPKINTON | 10% |
| HUBBARDSTON | 17% |
| HUDSON | 18% |
| HULL | 21% |
| HUNTINGTON | 21% |
| IPSWICH | 15% |
| KINGSTON | 16% |
| LAKEVILLE | 16% |
| LANCASTER | 17% |
| LANESBOROUGH | 19% |
| LAWRENCE | 15% |
| LEE | 20% |
| LEICESTER | 19% |
| LENOX | 13% |
| LEOMINSTER | 19% |
| LEVERETT | 12% |
| LEXINGTON | 6% |
| LEYDEN | 19% |
| LINCOLN | 7% |
| LITTLETON | 13% |
| LONGMEADOW | 7% |
| LOWELL | 22% |
| LUDLOW | 18% |
| LUNENBURG | 17% |
| LYNN | 21% |
| LYNNFIELD | 9% |
| MALDEN | 19% |
| MANCHESTER | 9% |
| MANSFIELD | 17% |
| MARBLEHEAD | 9% |
| MARION | 10% |
| MARLBOROUGH | 18% |
| MARSHFIELD | 19% |
| MASHPEE | 16% |
| MATTAPOISETT | 13% |
| MAYNARD | 18% |
| MEDFIELD | 8% |
| MEDFORD | 15% |
| MEDWAY | 14% |
| MELROSE | 14% |
| MENDON | 15% |
| MERRIMAC | 17% |
| METHUEN | 18% |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 23% |
| MIDDLEFIELD | 21% |
| MIDDLETON | 16% |
| MILFORD | 19% |
| MILLBURY | 20% |
| MILLIS | 15% |
| MILLVILLE | 20% |
| MILTON | 9% |
| MONSON | 20% |
| MONTAGUE | 22% |
| MONTEREY | 13% |
| MONTGOMERY | 16% |
| NAHANT | 10% |
| NANTUCKET | 18% |
| NATICK | 9% |
| NEEDHAM | 8% |
| NEW BEDFORD | 24% |
| NEW BRAINTREE | 20% |
| NEWBURY | 14% |
| NEWBURYPORT | 16% |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | 16% |
| NEW SALEM | 17% |
| NEWTON | 6% |
| NORFOLK | 13% |
| NORTH ADAMS | 28% |
| NORTHAMPTON | 17% |
| NORTH ANDOVER | 12% |
| NORTH ATTLEBORO | 18% |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 12% |
| NORTHBRIDGE | 22% |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 23% |
| NORTHFIELD | 18% |
| NORTH READING | 14% |
| NORTON | 18% |
| NORWELL | 10% |
| NORWOOD | 15% |
| OAK BLUFFS | 19% |
| OAKHAM | 17% |
| ORANGE | 25% |
| ORLEANS | 11% |
| OTIS | 18% |
| OXFORD | 20% |
| PALMER | 24% |
| PAXTON | 12% |
| PEABODY | 16% |
| PELHAM | 11% |
| PEMBROKE | 16% |
| PEPPERELL | 17% |
| PERU | 23% |
| PETERSHAM | 13% |
| PHILLIPSTON | 23% |
| PITTSFIELD | 22% |
| PLAINFIELD | 18% |
| PLAINVILLE | 19% |
| PLYMOUTH | 20% |
| PLYMPTON | 18% |
| PRINCETON | 12% |
| PROVINCETOWN | 23% |
| QUINCY | 16% |
| RANDOLPH | 16% |
| RAYNHAM | 17% |
| READING | 11% |
| REHOBOTH | 16% |
| REVERE | 26% |
| RICHMOND | 11% |
| ROCHESTER | 17% |
| ROCKLAND | 22% |
| ROCKPORT | 13% |
| ROWLEY | 16% |
| ROYALSTON | 24% |
| RUSSELL | 24% |
| RUTLAND | 19% |
| SALEM | 19% |
| SALISBURY | 25% |
| SANDISFIELD | 16% |
| SANDWICH | 14% |
| SAUGUS | 18% |
| SAVOY | 0% |
| SCITUATE | 12% |
| SEEKONK | 17% |
| SHARON | 7% |
| SHEFFIELD | 18% |
| SHELBURNE | 16% |
| SHERBORN | 6% |
| SHIRLEY | 19% |
| SHREWSBURY | 13% |
| SHUTESBURY | 12% |
| SOMERSET | 17% |
| SOMERVILLE | 17% |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 18% |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 9% |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | 22% |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 16% |
| SOUTHWICK | 22% |
| SPENCER | 23% |
| SPRINGFIELD | 20% |
| STERLING | 15% |
| STOCKBRIDGE | 13% |
| STONEHAM | 14% |
| STOUGHTON | 16% |
| STOW | 9% |
| STURBRIDGE | 17% |
| SUDBURY | 6% |
| SUNDERLAND | 17% |
| SUTTON | 16% |
| SWAMPSCOTT | 10% |
| SWANSEA | 20% |
| TAUNTON | 24% |
| TEMPLETON | 20% |
| TEWKSBURY | 18% |
| TISBURY | 17% |
| TOLLAND | 17% |
| TOPSFIELD | 9% |
| TOWNSEND | 20% |
| TRURO | 17% |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 17% |
| UPTON | 14% |
| UXBRIDGE | 18% |
| WAKEFIELD | 14% |
| WALES | 25% |
| WALPOLE | 13% |
| WALTHAM | 16% |
| WARE | 23% |
| WAREHAM | 23% |
| WARREN | 23% |
| WARWICK | 19% |
| WASHINGTON | 18% |
| WATERTOWN | 13% |
| WAYLAND | 6% |
| WEBSTER | 24% |
| WELLESLEY | 6% |
| WELLFLEET | 15% |
| WENDELL | 22% |
| WENHAM | 13% |
| WESTBOROUGH | 9% |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 17% |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | 18% |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | 19% |
| WESTFIELD | 22% |
| WESTFORD | 10% |
| WESTHAMPTON | 15% |
| WESTMINSTER | 17% |
| WEST NEWBURY | 9% |
| WESTON | 5% |
| WESTPORT | 17% |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 21% |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 14% |
| WEST TISBURY | 15% |
| WESTWOOD | 7% |
| WEYMOUTH | 20% |
| WHATELY | 15% |
| WHITMAN | 23% |
| WILBRAHAM | 13% |
| WILLIAMSBURG | 18% |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | 13% |
| WILMINGTON | 16% |
| WINCHENDON | 27% |
| WINCHESTER | 6% |
| WINDSOR | 0% |
| WINTHROP | 20% |
| WOBURN | 17% |
| WORCESTER | 20% |
| WORTHINGTON | 15% |
| WRENTHAM | 14% |
| YARMOUTH | 18% |