9.9%
2024 (latest)
ADULT SMOKING RATE
percent of adults, current cigarette smokers (crude) · 2000–2024 · CDC National Health Interview Survey
23.3%
2000
23.3%
high · 2000
9.9%
low · 2024
−13 pts
since 2000
┊ dashed lines mark 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. NHIS crude prevalence, adults 18+. 2000-2018 from the annual MMWR smoking-prevalence series; 2019-2024 from the NCHS Data Query System (NHIS Adult Summary Health Statistics). NHIS was redesigned in 2019, so the two legs are not strictly comparable across that boundary.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://data.cdc.gov/resource/gj3i-hsbz.json
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Adult Smoking Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.9% | −0.9 pts |
| 2023 | 10.8% | −0.8 pts |
| 2022 | 11.6% | +0.1 pts |
| 2021 | 11.5% | −1.0 pts |
| 2020 | 12.5% | −1.5 pts |
| 2019 | 14.0% | +0.3 pts |
| 2018 | 13.7% | −0.3 pts |
| 2017 | 14.0% | −1.5 pts |
| 2016 | 15.5% | +0.4 pts |
| 2015 | 15.1% | −1.7 pts |
| 2014 | 16.8% | −1.0 pts |
| 2013 | 17.8% | −0.3 pts |
| 2012 | 18.1% | −0.9 pts |
| 2011 | 19.0% | −0.3 pts |
| 2010 | 19.3% | −1.3 pts |
| 2009 | 20.6% | +0.0 pts |
| 2008 | 20.6% | +0.8 pts |
| 2007 | 19.8% | −1.0 pts |
| 2006 | 20.8% | −0.1 pts |
| 2005 | 20.9% | +0.0 pts |
| 2004 | 20.9% | −0.7 pts |
| 2003 | 21.6% | −0.9 pts |
| 2002 | 22.5% | −0.3 pts |
| 2001 | 22.8% | −0.5 pts |
| 2000 | 23.3% | — |
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