Smoking in the United States has declined to the lowest percentage rate in more than half a century, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
In 2020, 12.5 percent of the adult population, still well over 30 million people, were current cigarette smokers.
In an article published on March 17 in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the agency found that adult use of all “tobacco products”—a category that includes vapes in federal terminology—dropped from 20.8 percent in 2019 (50.6 million people) to 19 percent (47.1 million people).
The specific prevalence for cigarettes, which stood at 42 percent back in 1965, fell from 14 percent in 2019 (34.1 million people) to 12.5 percent (30.8 million). Cigar use dropped fractionally as well—from 3.6 percent to 3.5 percent—and pipe use modestly increased, from 1 percent to 1.1 percent.
The use of tobacco harm reduction products also declined from 2019 to 2020.
Alex Norcia – Filter – 2022-03-17.
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