Tobacco Product Use Among Adults — United States, 2019.

Cornelius ME, Wang TW, Jamal A, Loretan CG, Neff LJ.
Tobacco Product Use Among Adults — United States, 2019.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020;69:1736–1742. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6946a4

In 2019, about 1 in 5 U.S. adults reported currently using any tobacco product. Cigarettes were the most commonly used tobacco product, followed by e-cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, and pipes.

To assess recent national estimates of tobacco product use among U.S. adults aged 18 and older, CDC analyzed data from the 2019 National Health Interview Survey. In 2019, an estimated 50.6 million U.S. adults (20.8%) reported currently using any tobacco product, including cigarettes (14.0%), e-cigarettes (4.5%), cigars (3.6%), smokeless tobacco (2.4%), and pipes (1.0%). Most current tobacco-product users (80.5%) reported using combustible products (cigarettes, cigars, or pipes), and 18.6% reported using two or more tobacco products. U.S. adults also report using various non-cigarette tobacco products, with e-cigarettes being the most commonly used non-cigarette tobacco product (4.5%). The implementation of comprehensive, evidence-based, population-level interventions, in coordination with regulation of tobacco products, can reduce the burden of tobacco-related disease and death in the United States.
The article is available online at https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6946a4.htm?s_cid=mm6946a4_w