Smoking Prevalence Among U.S. Adults, 1955-2013
Updated February 12, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Although cigarette smoking continues to decline in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control report that more than 3,200 people younger than 18 years of age smoke their first cigarette each day. For those 18 years and older, find the smoking use data below.
| Year | Overall Population |
Males | Females | Whites | Blacks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | - | 56.9% | 28.4% | - | - |
| 1965 | 42.4% | 51.9 | 33.9 | 42.1% | 45.8% |
| 1970 | 37.4 | 44.1 | 31.5 | 37.0 | 41.4 |
| 1980 | 33.2 | 37.6 | 29.3 | 32.9 | 36.9 |
| 1990 | 25.5 | 28.4 | 22.8 | 25.6 | 26.2 |
| 2000 | 23.3 | 25.7 | 21.0 | 24.1 | 23.2 |
| 2002 | 22.5 | 25.2 | 20.0 | 23.6 | 22.4 |
| 2003 | 21.6 | 24.1 | 19.2 | 22.7 | 21.5 |
| 2004 | 20.9 | 23.4 | 18.5 | 22.2 | 20.2 |
| 2007 | 20.8 | 23.9 | 18.0 | 21.9 | 23.0 |
| 2010 | 19.3 | 21.5 | 17.3 | 21.0 | 20.6 |
| 2013 | 17.8 | 20.5 | 15.3 | 19.4 | 18.3 |
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Web: www.cdc.gov.
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