Teen Vaping Statistics: Overview, Key Facts and Shocking Trends In terrific news for the nation's health, CDC survey data show that the adult cigarette smoking rate in the United States fell to 9.9% in 2024, the first time it has been In 1980, roughly a third of American adults still smoked. Now here's a figure from 2024: 9.9 percent. That's the share of American adults who smoke cigarettes, according to data from the Regulating the Tobacco and Nicotine Market in the American Public Interest: A Reform Agenda for the FDA American Enterprise Institute AEI Tracking the course of vaping and cigarette smoking across adolescence: the Child to Adult Transition Study The Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific