Tobacco Use Statistics
71% of Americans aged 12 or older have tried smoking cigarettes sometime in their lives.
Nearly 30% of the population aged 12 or older reported being a current smoker.
Adults without a college education also were more likely than adults who completed college to be current users of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco.
Current smokers (15%) were more likely than were current nonsmokers (3%) to have used alcohol or illicit drugs in the past month. Five times the rate!