“Cigarette Smoking in US Hits Record Low at 11.3% in 2022, While E-cigarette Consumption on the Rise”

Only 11.3% of Americans reported smoking in 2022. This is the lowest number on record. At the same time, the consumption of e-cigarettes is increasing.

Cigarettes have never been less popular in the United States, with only 11.3% of Americans reporting smoking in 2022, the lowest number ever recorded in the country, according to preliminary results of a study, published Thursday by US authorities.

Only one in nine adults smoked in 2022, according to a 2022 survey of more than 27,000 Americans by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and whose data have not yet been consolidated.

The consumption of e-cigarettes is increasing

According to these preliminary results, cigarette consumption, which was estimated at 12.6% in 2021, continued to decline in the United States, while e-cigarette consumption continued to grow, from 4.7% in 2021 at 5.9%.

Electronic cigarettes are popular with young Americans. In 2018, US health authorities estimated that 3.6 million high school and college students vaped, a growing number.

The leading cause of preventable illness and death

In 2020, 30.8 million Americans smoked, according to a CDC estimate, of which 14.1% were men and 11% women.

The rate of smokers in the United States has clearly decreased for several decades due to strong health policies targeting smoking, which causes cancer and cardiovascular disease.

However, according to the CDC, tobacco remains the number one cause of preventable illness and death in the United States.