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Saturday, August 19th, 2023

U.S. Cigarette Smoking Rate Steady Near Historical Low

Author:     JEFFREY M. JONES
Source:     The Gallup Organization
Publication Date:     AUGUST 18, 2023
 Link: U.S. Cigarette Smoking Rate Steady Near Historical Low
Stephan:  

Here, for two reasons, is some lovely good news. First, cigarette smoking is disappearing from the American culture. Second, this is a leading example of how when consciousness is considered, particularly if it fosters wellbeing, non-violent change in a culture can be accomplished. Think about it. No one passed a law against smoking. The President did not go on television to urge people to quit smoking. And yet they have. My book, The 8 Laws of Change, describes how this works in detail. It is all based on consiousness and the Quotidian Choice.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • 12% of U.S. adults smoke cigarettes, similar to 11% measured in 2022      
  • Smoking rates were 20% or higher from 1944 through 2012
  • 8% of U.S. adults smoke e-cigarettes

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gallup’s latest update on cigarette smoking finds 12% of U.S. adults saying they smoked cigarettes in the past week, similar to the 11% measured a year ago but significantly lower than any other year in Gallup’s nearly 80-year trend.

The update is part of Gallup’s annual Consumption Habits survey, conducted July 3-27.

When Gallup first asked about cigarette smoking in 1944, 41% of U.S. adults said they smoked. A decade later, a historical high of 45% was reached. From then, smoking rates gradually descended, falling permanently below 30% in 1989 and 20% in 2015.

The decline in smoking has come as more Americans likely heed the warnings about the health dangers associated with cigarette smoking and as most public places prohibit it. The survey finds 76% of U.S. adults saying cigarettes are “very harmful” to people who use them, significantly more than for other tobacco-related products like pipes […]

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2 Comments

  1. sam crespi on Saturday, August 19, 2023 at 1:23 pm

    Today’s younger generations are much more health conscious and many are very physically active, Then, of course seniors did not have the full story smoking for a long time. And the young people have.

  2. Albus Eddie on Monday, August 21, 2023 at 9:58 am

    There are many laws, actually, against smoking. The powers that be continue to tighten the restrictions year by year. It is interesting to watch how habit control measures are introduced and enforced throughout the system.