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Smoking Prevalence Among U.S. Adults
According to the article, "Cigarette Smoking Among Adults —
United States, 2002," released on Friday, May 28, 2004, in the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,
approximately 22.5 percent of adults were current smokers in 2002—down from
24.1 percent in 1998. In 2002, an estimated 45.8 million adults 18 years of
age and older were current smokers in the United States, representing 50.1
percent of those who had ever smoked. For the first time, more adults have
quit than are still smoking.
Unfortunately, disparities in smoking prevalence by socioeconomic status
have not narrowed and may have widened during 1983–2002, highlighting the
need for expanded interventions that can better reach persons with low
socioeconomic status. Comprehensive tobacco control programs at local,
state, and national levels need to ensure that their prevention and
cessation efforts reach persons with inadequate resources and limited access
to health care.
| Percentage of Smoking Prevalence Among U.S. Adults, 18
Years of Age and Older, 1955–2002 (1, 3–8) |
|
Year |
Overall
Population |
Males |
Females |
Whites |
Blacks |
| 1955 |
— |
56.9 |
28.4 |
— |
— |
|
1965 |
42.4 |
51.9 |
33.9 |
42.1 |
45.8 |
| 1966 |
42.6 |
52.5 |
33.9 |
42.4 |
45.9 |
| 1970 |
37.4 |
44.1 |
31.5 |
37.0 |
41.4 |
| 1974 |
37.1 |
43.1 |
32.1 |
36.4 |
44.0 |
| 1978 |
34.1 |
38.1 |
30.7 |
33.9 |
37.7 |
| 1979 |
33.5 |
37.5 |
29.9 |
33.3 |
36.9 |
| 1980 |
33.2 |
37.6 |
29.3 |
32.9 |
36.9 |
| 1983 |
32.1 |
35.1 |
29.5 |
31.8 |
35.9 |
| 1985 |
30.1 |
32.6 |
27.9 |
29.6 |
34.9 |
| 1987 |
28.8 |
31.2 |
26.5 |
28.5 |
32.9 |
| 1988 |
28.1 |
30.8 |
25.7 |
27.8 |
31.7 |
| 1990 |
25.5 |
28.4 |
22.8 |
25.6 |
26.2 |
| 1991 |
25.7 |
28.1 |
23.5 |
25.5 |
29.1 |
| 1992* |
26.5 |
28.6 |
24.6 |
26.6 |
27.8 |
| 1993 |
25.0 |
27.7 |
22.5 |
24.9 |
26.1 |
| 1994 |
25.5 |
28.2 |
23.1 |
26.3 |
27.2 |
| 1995 |
24.7 |
27.0 |
22.6 |
25.6 |
25.8 |
| 1996 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 1997 |
24.7 |
27.6 |
22.1 |
25.3 |
26.7 |
| 1998 |
24.1 |
26.4 |
22.0 |
25.0 |
24.7 |
| 1999 |
23.5 |
25.7 |
21.5 |
24.3 |
24.3 |
| 2000 |
23.3 |
25.7 |
21.0 |
24.1 |
23.2 |
| 2001 |
22.8 |
25.2 |
20.7 |
24.0 |
22.3 |
| 2002 |
22.5 |
25.2 |
20.0 |
23.6 |
22.4 |
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*Estimates since 1992 incorporate some-day smokers; people that do
not smoke every day.(2) |
References
- Data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Office on Smoking and Health, from the Current Population Survey, 1955, and
the National Health Interview Surveys, 1965-1994.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cigarette
smoking among adults—United States, 1994. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
1996;45(27):588–590.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cigarette
Smoking Among Adults—United States, 1995. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
1997;46(51):1217–1220.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cigarette
Smoking Among Adults—United States, 1997. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
1999;48(43):993–996.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cigarette
Smoking Among Adults—United States, 1998. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
2000;49(39):881–904.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cigarette
Smoking Among Adults—United States, 1999. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
2001;50(40):869–873.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cigarette
Smoking Among Adults—United States, 2000. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
2002;51(29):642-645.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cigarette Smoking Among Adults-United States, 2001. Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report 2003;52(40):953-956.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cigarette Smoking Among Adults-United States, 2002.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2004;53(19):427-431.
Office on Smoking and Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
July 2002
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