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Most Caffeinated American Cities

By Kristina Loew, Newser User

Posted Jan 18, 2009 5:13 AM CST

(Newser) – Tampa residents are the nation’s most caffeinated—and in the deepest denial about their addiction, reports Reuters. Though tops in ingesting caffeine-based pain relievers, "respondents in Tampa rank number one in saying they're least likely to be addicted to caffeine," said a rep for the company that commissioned the poll. The most enthusiastic coffee drinkers, living up to the stereotype, are Seattle residents.

The most caffeinated cities in the survey of 20 municipalities:

Tampa
Seattle
Chicago
New York
Los Angeles

And the least caffeinated:

Riverside/San Bernardino, Calif.
Atlanta
San Diego
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Dallas

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The downtown Tampa skyline at sunset. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Francisco Orosco harvests coffee beans in the mountains of San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala, 90 miles northeast of Guatemala City. (AP Photo/Jaime Puebla/FILE)

Coffee beans at a training session at a Starbucks in New York earlier this year. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Joe Walsh, president of O' Neill Coffee, shows a roasted handful of "Uganda Gold" coffee beans in West Middlesex, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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Despite Tampa being the most caffeinated, respondents in Tampa rank number one in saying they're least likely to be addicted to caffeine.
- Todd Smith of Healthsaver, which commissioned the poll

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