As of 2023, the U.S. states with the highest smoking rates included West Virginia, Tennessee, and Louisiana. In West Virginia, around 20 percent of all adults smoked as of this time. The number of smokers in the United States has decreased over the past decades. Who smokes? The smoking rates for both men and women have decreased for many years, but men continue to smoke at higher rates than women. As of 2021, around 13 percent of men were smokers compared to 10 percent of women. Concerning race and ethnicity, smoking is least prevalent among Asians with just five percent of this population smoking compared to 13 percent of non-Hispanic whites. Health impacts of smoking The negative health impacts of smoking are vast. Smoking increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, and many different types of cancers. For example, smoking is estimated to be attributable to 81 percent of all deaths from lung cancer among adults 30 years and older in the United States. Smoking is currently the leading cause of preventable death in the United States.

U.S. smoking rate for 2020 was 23.00%, a 0.4% decline from 2019.

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<li>U.S. smoking rate for 2019 was <strong>23.40%</strong>, a <strong>0% increase</strong> from 2018.</li>
<li>U.S. smoking rate for 2018 was <strong>23.40%</strong>, a <strong>1.9% decline</strong> from 2015.</li>
<li>U.S. smoking rate for 2015 was <strong>25.30%</strong>, a <strong>2.7% decline</strong> from 2010.</li>
</ul>Prevalence of smoking is the percentage of men and women ages 15 and over who currently smoke any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. It excludes smokeless tobacco use. The rates are age-standardized.

From 1965 to 2019, the prevalence of cigarette smoking in the U.S. has decreased from about 42 percent to 14 percent. Cigarette smoking is a known risk factor for many types of cancers including lung cancer, bladder cancer and pancreatic cancer. Globally tobacco use is one of the greatest risk factors for preventable diseases. There are several resources in the United States to help individuals quit smoking including website, hotlines, medications and text message programs.

Smoking prevalence globally

Globally, smoking prevalence has also decreased is projected to continue to decline through 2025. North America makes up a small percentage of the world’s cigarette smokers. The highest prevalence of tobacco smoking can be found in Europe, followed by the Western Pacific. In the past few decades there have been stronger efforts made to reduce cigarette consumption in many parts of the world. Cigarettes are taxed separately in many countries and are often required to add health warnings to cigarette packaging for consumers.

Smoking cessation measures

Smoking prevention measures cover a broad range of targeted cigarette reduction. Common tobacco control policies include warning labels, advertising bans, and smoke-free environments. As of 2020, around 60 percent of the world population lived in a place where there were warning labels on tobacco products. Furthermore, in 2020, around 34 percent of U.S. employers offered smoking cessation programs to their employees.

The smoking prevalence in the United States was forecast to continuously decrease between 2024 and 2029 by in total two percentage points. After the eighth consecutive decreasing year, the smoking prevalence is estimated to reach 19.93 percent and therefore a new minimum in 2029. Shown is the estimated share of the adult population (15 years or older) in a given region or country, that smoke on a daily basis. According to the WHO and World bank, smoking refers to the use of cigarettes, pipes or other types of tobacco.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the smoking prevalence in countries like Canada and Mexico.

United States US: Smoking Prevalence: Total: % of Adults: Aged 15+ data was reported at 21.800 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 22.300 % for 2015. United States US: Smoking Prevalence: Total: % of Adults: Aged 15+ data is updated yearly, averaging 23.900 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2016, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 31.400 % in 2000 and a record low of 21.800 % in 2016. United States US: Smoking Prevalence: Total: % of Adults: Aged 15+ data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.World Bank: Health Statistics. Prevalence of smoking is the percentage of men and women ages 15 and over who currently smoke any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. It excludes smokeless tobacco use. The rates are age-standardized.; ; World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).; Weighted average;

In 2022, the prevalence of smoking among white U.S. adults was 12.7 percent. This statistic represents the prevalence of smoking in the United States as of 2022, by race and ethnicity.

Per capita cigarette consumption in the United States has decreased in recent years, with smokers in 2015 consuming an average of 1,078 cigarettes per capita. In total, there were around 267 billion cigarettes consumed in the U.S. that year. Cigarette consumption in the U.S. has decreased due to public policies limiting where people can smoke, higher taxes on cigarettes, and increased awareness by the general public of the health risks associated with smoking.

Smokers in the U.S.

Even though cigarette consumption has decreased, there are still around 38 million people in the U.S. who regularly smoke cigarettes. This is around 15.5 percent of the entire population. However, in the year 2000, 23 percent of the population smoked, a significant difference from present day figures. Smoking remains more common among males than females and rates of smoking among adolescents have decreased.

Health risks

Smoking has been proven to increase the risk of a variety of diseases and is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. Smoking harms almost every organ in the body and increases a person’s chance of developing lung cancer, heart disease, and stroke. For example, men who smoke are 25 times more likely to develop lung cancer than men who don’t smoke. Furthermore, around 81 percent of all deaths from lung, bronchus and trachea cancer can be attributed to cigarette smoking.

US: Smoking Prevalence: Males: % of Adults data was reported at 24.600 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 25.100 % for 2015. US: Smoking Prevalence: Males: % of Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 26.800 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2016, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 34.500 % in 2000 and a record low of 24.600 % in 2016. US: Smoking Prevalence: Males: % of Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.World Bank: Health Statistics. Prevalence of smoking, male is the percentage of men ages 15 and over who currently smoke any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. It excludes smokeless tobacco use. The rates are age-standardized.; ; World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).; Weighted average;

North America smoking rate for 2022 was 22.98%, a 0.43% decline from 2021.

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<li>North America smoking rate for 2021 was <strong>23.41%</strong>, a <strong>0.23% decline</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li>North America smoking rate for 2020 was <strong>23.64%</strong>, a <strong>1.28% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>North America smoking rate for 2019 was <strong>22.36%</strong>, a <strong>0.01% decline</strong> from 2018.</li>
</ul>Prevalence of smoking is the percentage of men and women ages 15 and over who currently smoke any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. It excludes smokeless tobacco use. The rates are age-standardized.

As of 2022, around 28.8 million adults in the United States were current cigarette smokers. Although this figure is still high, it is significantly lower compared to previous years. For example, in 2011, there were almost 44 million smokers in the United States. Smoking demographics in the U.S. Although smoking in the U.S. has decreased greatly over the past few decades, it is still more common among certain demographics than others. For example, men are more likely to be current cigarette smokers than women, with 13 percent of men smoking in 2021, compared to 10 percent of women. Furthermore, non-Hispanic whites and non-Hispanic Blacks smoke at higher rates than Hispanics and non-Hispanic Asians, with almost 13 percent of non-Hispanic whites smoking in 2022, compared to just under five percent of non-Hispanic Asians. Certain regions and states also have a higher prevalence of smoking than others, with around 20 percent of adults in West Virginia considered current smokers, compared to just six percent in Utah. The health impacts of smoking The decrease in smoking rates in the United States over the past decades is due to many factors, including policies and regulations limiting cigarette advertising, promotion, and sales, price increases for cigarettes, and widespread awareness among the public of the dangers of smoking. According to the CDC, those who smoke are two to four times more likely to develop coronary heart disease and stroke and around 25 times more likely to develop lung cancer than nonsmokers. In fact, it is estimated that around 85 percent of lung cancer deaths in the United States can be attributed to cigarette smoking, as well as 79 percent of larynx cancer deaths. Cigarette smokers are also much more likely to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with around 16 percent of current smokers in the U.S. living with COPD in 2021, compared to just three percent of those who had never smoked.

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This statistic shows the percentage of adults in the U.S. who were current cigarette smokers as of 2016, by education level. In 2016, approximately 40.6 percent of surveyed adults with only a GED were current smokers, compared to 4.5 percent of those with a graduate degree.

This dataset provides prevalence estimates by county, year, and sex from 1996 to 2012.

This statistic shows the percentage of adults in the U.S. who were current cigarette smokers as of 2016, by age and gender. In 2016, approximately 15 percent of surveyed men aged 18 to 24 years stated that they were current cigarette smokers, compared to 11.5 percent of females the same age.

It was estimated that around 8.6 percent of elderly adults in the United States smoked cigarettes in 2022. This statistic presents the percentage of adults aged 65 years and older in the U.S. who smoked cigarettes from 2013 to 2022.

Virgin Islands (U.S.) smoking rate for was 0.00%, a 0% increase from .

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</ul>Prevalence of smoking is the percentage of men and women ages 15 and over who currently smoke any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. It excludes smokeless tobacco use. The rates are age-standardized.

Latin America & Caribbean smoking rate for 2022 was 13.41%, a 0.33% decline from 2021.

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<li>Latin America & Caribbean smoking rate for 2021 was <strong>13.74%</strong>, a <strong>0.37% decline</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li>Latin America & Caribbean smoking rate for 2020 was <strong>14.11%</strong>, a <strong>0.26% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>Latin America & Caribbean smoking rate for 2019 was <strong>13.85%</strong>, a <strong>0.01% decline</strong> from 2018.</li>
</ul>Prevalence of smoking is the percentage of men and women ages 15 and over who currently smoke any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. It excludes smokeless tobacco use. The rates are age-standardized.

Central America smoking rate for was 0.00%, a 0% increase from .

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</ul>Prevalence of smoking is the percentage of men and women ages 15 and over who currently smoke any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. It excludes smokeless tobacco use. The rates are age-standardized.

United States US: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults data was reported at 24.300 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 24.700 % for 2021. United States US: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 27.100 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2022, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 31.500 % in 2000 and a record low of 24.300 % in 2022. United States US: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of the population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”. The rates are age-standardized to the WHO Standard Population.;World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).;Weighted average;This is the Sustainable Development Goal indicator 3.a.1 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/]. Previous indicator name: Smoking prevalence, total (ages 15+) The previous indicator excluded smokeless tobacco use, while the current indicator includes. The indicator name and definition were updated in December, 2020.

US Tobacco Use Prevalence

US Tobacco Use Prevalence by Year, State, Type, and Age

By Throwback Thursday [source]

About this dataset

This dataset contains comprehensive information on tobacco use in the United States from 2011 to 2016. The data is sourced from the CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, a reliable and extensive survey that captures important data about tobacco use behaviors across different states in the United States.

The dataset includes various key variables such as the year of data collection, state abbreviation indicating where the data was collected, and specific tobacco types explored in the survey. It also provides valuable insight into the prevalence of tobacco use through quantitative measures represented by numeric values. The unit of measurement for these values, such as percentages or numbers, is included as well.

Moreover, this dataset offers an understanding of how different age groups are affected by tobacco use, with age being categorized into distinct groups. This ensures that researchers and analysts can assess variations in tobacco consumption and its associated health implications across different age demographics.

With all these informative attributes arranged in a convenient tabular format, this dataset serves as a valuable resource for investigating patterns and trends related to tobacco use within varying contexts over a six-year period

How to use the dataset

Introduction:

Step 1: Familiarize Yourself with the Columns

Before diving into any analysis, it is important to understand the structure of the dataset by familiarizing yourself with its columns. Here are the key columns in this dataset:

• Year: The year in which the data was collected (Numeric)
• State Abbreviation: The abbreviation of the state where the data was collected (String)
• Tobacco Type: The type of tobacco product used (String)
• Data Value: The percentage or number representing prevalence of tobacco use (Numeric)
• Data Value Unit: The unit of measurement for data value (e.g., percentage, number) (String)
• Age: The age group to which the data value corresponds (String)

Step 2: Determine Your Research Questions or Objectives

To make effective use of this dataset, it is essential to clearly define your research questions or objectives. Some potential research questions related to this dataset could be:

• How has tobacco use prevalence changed over time?
• Which states have the highest and lowest rates of tobacco use?
• What are the most commonly used types of tobacco products?
• Is there a correlation between age group and tobacco use?

By defining your research questions or objectives upfront, you can focus your analysis accordingly.

Step 3: Analyzing Trends Over Time

To analyze trends over time using this dataset: - Group and aggregate relevant columns such as Year and Data Value. - Plot the data using line graphs or bar charts to visualize the changes in tobacco use prevalence over time. - Interpret the trends and draw conclusions from your analysis.

Step 4: Comparing States

To compare states and their tobacco use prevalence: - Group and aggregate relevant columns such as State Abbreviation and Data Value. - Sort the data based on prevalence rates to identify states with the highest and lowest rates of tobacco use. - Visualize this comparison using bar charts or maps for a clearer understanding.

Step 5: Understanding Tobacco Types

To gain insights into different types of tobacco products used: - Analyze the Tobacco

Research Ideas

• Analyzing trends in tobacco use: This dataset can be used to analyze the prevalence of tobacco use over time and across different states. It can help identify patterns and trends in tobacco consumption, which can be valuable for public health research and policy-making.
• Assessing the impact of anti-smoking campaigns: Researchers or organizations working on anti-smoking campaigns can use this dataset to evaluate the effectiveness of their interventions. By comparing the data before and after a campaign, they can determine whether there has been a decrease in tobacco use and if specific groups or regions have responded better to the campaign.
• Understanding demographic factors related to tobacco use: The dataset includes information on age groups, allowing for analysis of how different age demographics are affected by tobacco use. By examining data value variations across age groups, researchers can gain insights into which populations are most vulnerable to smoking-related issues and design targeted prevention programs an...