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The aim of this study was to assess the association between SDoH and cigarette smoking-related outcomes among U.S. adults (aged \u226518 years) by using data from the 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Cross-sectional data were obtained from the Social Determinants and Health Equity (SD\/HE) module, conducted in 33 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as part of the 2023 BRFSS. We examined four indicators of adverse SDoH (i.e., food insecurity, housing insecurity, utility insecurity, and lack of reliable transportation) and three cigarette smoking-related outcomes (i.e., cigarette smoking status, menthol cigarette smoking, and past-year quit attempt). All analyses were conducted with SAS 9.4 and used BRFSS sampling weights to adjust for the complex sampling design. Among 45,160 respondents, 2991 (7.8%) were adults who smoked cigarettes in the past month, of whom 570 (16.5%) reported making a quit attempt in the past 12 months. Menthol cigarette use was reported by 634 (22.0%) adults who smoked cigarettes in the past month. In adjusted analyses, each SDoH measure (i.e., food insecurity (aOR = 1.70, 95% CI: 1.19\u20132.41, p &lt; 0.01), housing insecurity (aOR = 1.66, 95% CI: 1.06\u20132.59, p &lt; 0.05), utility insecurity (aOR = 1.92, 95% CI: 1.01\u20133.65, p &lt; 0.05), and lack of reliable transportation (aOR = 1.67, 95% CI: 1.03\u20132.73, p &lt; 0.05)) was significantly associated with making a quit attempt in the past 12 months. Food insecurity was significantly associated with the odds of current cigarette smoking. Food insecurity and utility insecurity were independent risk factors for using menthol cigarettes. U.S. adults experiencing adverse SDoH are trying to stop smoking at higher rates than adults not experiencing adverse SDoH. 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