Share of cigarette smokers in the United States 2005-2015

This statistic shows the results of a survey on smoking habits, conducted in the United States from 2005 to 2015. The survey was conducted in July of each year, except for 2009, when it was conducted in June. In 2013, 80 percent of respondents in the United States said they had not smoked any cigarettes in the past week, while 19 percent stated they had.Smoking in the United StatesThe percentage of smokers has decreased from 25 percent in 2005 to 19 percent in 2015, with total cigarette consumption also decreasing, reaching peak consumption back in 1980. This goes along with the fact that 80 percent of Americans believe that smoking is actually very harmful to the people who smoke. Yet, the number of adult smokers who still currently smoke is still close to 40 million in the United States. Of the people that still smoke, 72 percent consider themselves to be addicted whereas only 27 percent believe otherwise. Even though the number of smokers seems high, the United States is near the bottom of a list of countries showing the share of the population who smoke on a daily basis compared to other countries around the world. Greece and Indonesia are at the top, closely followed by Latvia. The general understanding that smoking is bad for your health has generated another way of smoking in the United States which is particularly popular amongst young adults – e-smoking. E-cigarettes run on batteries and have a cartridge that contains nicotine in a solution, which when smoked, heats the liquid, causing it to evaporate. In the past few years, e-cigarette use tripled in schools, surpassing regular cigarettes. When adults were questioned as to their motivations to try e-smoking, 47 percent responded that it was because of family and friends, while 39 percent said that it was the ability to be able to smoke inside.

本统计数据展示了自2005年至2015年期间在美国进行的吸烟习惯调查结果。该调查每年7月进行，2009年除外，当年调查于6月进行。2013年，美国80%的受访者表示他们在过去一周内未曾吸烟，而19%的受访者则表示有吸烟行为。美国吸烟率自2005年的25%下降至2015年的19%，总吸烟量亦随之减少，峰值回溯至1980年。这一现象与80%的美国民众认为吸烟对吸烟者本人实则极为有害的事实相吻合。尽管如此，美国仍有近4000万成年吸烟者。在仍吸烟的人群中，72%的人认为自己已上瘾，而仅有27%的人不这么认为。尽管吸烟者数量看似庞大，但美国在全球各国每日吸烟人口比例的排行榜中位于较低位置。希腊和印度尼西亚位居榜首，紧随其后的是拉脱维亚。普遍认为吸烟有害健康的观念催生了一种在美国特别受到年轻成年人欢迎的新型吸烟方式——电子烟。电子烟依赖电池供电，其弹匣内含有溶解在溶液中的尼古丁，吸烟时加热液体，使其蒸发。在过去几年中，电子烟在学校的使用量增加了三倍，超过了传统香烟。当成年人被问及尝试电子烟的动机时，47%的人表示是因为家庭和朋友的影响，而39%的人则认为是因为可以在室内吸烟。