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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce current tobacco use in adults — TU‑01

Status: Improving

  
Improving
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Most Recent Data:
20.2 percent (2023) *

Target:
17.4 percent  *

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
21.3 percent of adults aged 18 years and over used at least 1 form of cigarettes; cigars, cigarillos, filtered little cigars; regular pipes, water pipes, hookah; e-cigarettes; and/or smokeless tobacco products every day or some days in 2019 1 *

*  Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Reduce current use of any tobacco products by adults

Target-Setting Method
Percentage point improvement

Data Source:  National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC/NCHS

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Summary

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. Some groups are more likely to use tobacco than others. Population-level interventions to reduce tobacco use include price increases, mass media campaigns, and smoke-free policies.

Topics:  Tobacco Use, LGBT

Workgroup: Tobacco Use Workgroup

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1. Baseline has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.