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Minnesota Adult Tobacco Survey (MATS)

For more information on tobacco statistics, please visit Tobacco NUMBRS.

 

About the Minnesota Adult Tobacco Survey

Minnesota Adult Tobacco SurveyThe Minnesota Adult Tobacco Survey (MATS) is a collaborative effort between ClearWay Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Health. MATS is the most thorough source of information about tobacco behaviors, attitudes and beliefs in Minnesota and helps measure the progress of Minnesota’s comprehensive tobacco control program. MATS data were collected 1999, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2014, and 2018.

Methods: MATS is a cross-sectional, random digit-dial telephone survey, conducted among adults aged 18 and older living in Minnesota. The 2018 MATS data were collected from February through July 2018; the sample of 6,055 responding adults consisted of 2,789 from a statewide landline sample and 3,266 from a cell phone sample.

 

MATS reports and methodology by year

Jump to: 2018 | 2014 | 2010 | 2007 | 2003 | 1999

 

 

2018

Reports, fact sheets, press releases

  • Tobacco use in Minnesota: MATS 2018 technical report (PDF)
  • Tobacco use in Minnesota (PDF)
  • Press release: Research: Smoking declines stall in Minnesota (PDF)

Methodology

  • Tobacco use in Minnesota: MATS 2018 methodology report (PDF)

 

2014

Reports and fact sheets

  • Tobacco use in Minnesota: 2014 update (PDF)
  • Tobacco use in Minnesota (PDF)

Methodology

  • Methodology: Tobacco use in Minnesota: 2014 update (PDF)
  • Questionnaire: Appendix A. 2014 Minnesota Adult Tobacco Survey (PDF)

 

2010

Reports and fact sheets

  • Tobacco use in Minnesota: 2010 update (PDF)
  • Cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke exposure among adult Minnesotans continues to decline (PDF)
  • CDC MMWR: Decrease in smoking prevalence – Minnesota, 1999-2020 (PDF)
  • Poster: Minnesota smoking prevalence: 1999-2010 (PDF)

Methodology

  • Minnesota Adult Tobacco Survey MATS 2010 methodology report (PDF)
  • Appendix A. MATS 2010 questionnaire (PDF)

 

2007

Reports and fact sheets

  • Creating a healthier Minnesota: Progress in reducing tobacco use (PDF)
  • Tobacco use among African-Americans in Minnesota: A survey and conversations with African-American communities: Full report (PDF)
    Executive summary: Tobacco use among African-Americans in Minnesota: A survey and conversations with African-American communities: Executive summary (PDF)
  • Tobacco use in Minnesota is declining (PDF)
  • Minnesotans are quitting smoking with help (PDF)
  • Smoke-free policies protect more Minnesotans (PDF)
  • Fewer young adult Minnesotans smoke (PDF)
  • Policies help Minnesota smokers quit (PDF)
  • Final 2007 national prevalence rate (PDF)

Methodology

  • Minnesota Adult Tobacco Survey MATS 2007 methodology report (PDF)
  • Appendix A. MATS 2007 questionnaire (PDF)
  • Appendix F. Significant modifications of MATS 2003 questionnaire items for MATS 2007 (PDF)

 

2003

Reports

  • Secondhand smoke in Minnesota, 1999-2003 (PDF)
  • Quitting smoking, 1999-2003: Nicotine addiction in Minnesota (PDF)
  • Patterns of smoking among Minnesota's young adults (PDF)

Methodology

  • MATS 2003 questionnaire (PDF)

 

1999

Reports

  • Quitting smoking: Nicotine addiction in Minnesota (PDF)
  • Secondhand smoke: Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of Minnesotans (PDF)

Methodology

  • MATS 1999 questionnaire (PDF)
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Last Updated: 10/03/2022

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