US records low number of smokers in 2022

Only 11.3% of Americans are registered smokers in 2022, the lowest number ever recorded, according to preliminary results of a study, released 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.

However, 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 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.