Smoking Rates Fall to Lowest Ever, Led by Our Young People and a Changing Culture

Two national smoking surveys in the UK and the US which both concluded last October show that smoking rates are among the lowest ever observed.

The national smoking rates in the US based on a survey of 1.77 million people and 54,000 households are falling across the board, with the largest declines seen in America’s youth.

Places with historically lower rates of smoking saw more modest declines, while areas with higher rates saw the most dramatic declines. Seniors and those aged over 50 though were quitting at significantly slower rates than youth.

The findings were reported in a JAMA study with data collected from 1992 to 2022 to establish nonlinear trendlines that could be projected out into 2035 for the sake of informing health policy state-by-state.

Published this April, the stud