U.S. working adults: tobacco use by age and product type 2014-2016

This graph shows the estimated prevalence of tobacco use among working adults in the U.S. from 2014 to 2016, by age and product type. During that period, it was found that 16.3 percent of working adults in the age group of 18 to 34 years were cigarette smokers.

Estimated prevalence of tobacco use among working adults in the U.S. from 2014 to 2016, by age and product type*

Characteristic	Cigarette smokers**	Other combustible tobacco products***	Smokeless tobacco products****	E-cigarettes*****	Any tobacco product ******	≥2 Tobacco products*******
18 to 34 years	16.3%	7.9%	3.6%	4.8%	24.8%	6%
35 to 54 years	16.2%	5%	3.2%	3.5%	22.6%	4.4%
55 years and older	12.4%	3.9%	1.7%	1.9%	16.6%	2.8%

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Release date

October 2017

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2014 to 2016

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Adults who reported “working at a job or business”; “with a job or business but not at work”; or “working, but not for pay, at a family-owned job or business” during the week before the interview.
**Cigarette smokers were defined as persons who reported smoking ≥100 cigarettes during their lifetime and who currently smoke every day or some days (estimated n = 22.8 million).
***Other combustible tobacco product users were defined as persons who reported smoking cigars, cigarillos, or little filtered cigars or smoking tobacco in a regular pipe, water pipe, or hookah at least once during their lifetime and who currently use every day or some days (estimated n = 8.4 million).
****Smokeless tobacco product users were defined as persons who reported using chewing tobacco, snuff, dip, snus, or dissolvable tobacco at least once during their lifetime and who currently use every day or some days (estimated n = 4.4 million).
*****E-cigarette users were defined as persons reported who reported using electronic cigarettes at least once during their lifetime and who currently use every day or some days (n = 5.2 million).
******Any tobacco product users were defined as persons who reported current use of cigarettes or other combustible tobacco or smokeless tobacco or e-cigarettes every day or some days (estimated n = 32.7 million).
*******Persons who reported current use of two or more individual tobacco products (estimated n = 6.9 million).

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