Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC-252

PANEL 27 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK

DATE:September 10, 2025

Variable Name:	OFTSMK3
Description:	HOW OFTN SMOKE CIGARETTES (>17) R3
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	1056
End:	1057

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-8 DK	13	947,135
-7 REFUSED	31	1,349,297
-1 INAPPLICABLE	1,757	80,196,865
1 EVERY DAY	512	19,105,895
2 SOME DAYS	236	8,971,167
3 NOT AT ALL	5,743	228,026,961
TOTAL	8,292	338,597,320

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