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          Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States ( 1 ). The prevalence of adult cigarette smoking has declined in recent years to 14.0% in 2017 ( 2 ). However, an array of new tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, has entered the U.S. market ( 3 ). To assess recent national estimates of tobacco product use among U.S. adults aged ≥18 years, CDC, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Cancer Institute analyzed data from the 2018 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). In 2018, an estimated 49.1 million U.S. adults (19.7%) reported currently using any tobacco product, including cigarettes (13.7%), cigars (3.9%), e-cigarettes (3.2%), smokeless tobacco (2.4%), and pipes* (1.0%). Most tobacco product users (83.8%) reported using combustible products (cigarettes, cigars, or pipes), and 18.8% reported using two or more tobacco products. The prevalence of any current tobacco product use was higher in males; adults aged ≤65 years; non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Natives; those with a General Educational Development certificate (GED); those with an annual household income <$35,000; lesbian, gay, or bisexual adults; uninsured adults; those with a disability or limitation; and those with serious psychological distress. The prevalence of e-cigarette and smokeless tobacco use increased during 2017–2018. During 2009–2018, there were significant increases in all three cigarette cessation indicators (quit attempts, recent cessation, and quit ratio). Implementing comprehensive population-based interventions in coordination with regulation of the manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of all tobacco products can reduce tobacco-related disease and death in the United States ( 1 , 4 ). NHIS is an annual, nationally representative, household survey of the noninstitutionalized U.S. civilian population. † The 2018 NHIS Sample Adult component included 25,417 adults aged ≥18 years; the response rate was 53.1% ( 5 ). Data were weighted to provide nationally representative estimates, adjusting for differences in selection probability and nonresponse. Use of five tobacco products was assessed: cigarettes, cigars (cigars, cigarillos, or filtered little cigars), pipes (regular pipes, water pipes, or hookahs), e-cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco, snuff, dip, snus, or dissolvable tobacco). Current cigarette smokers reported having smoked ≥100 cigarettes during their lifetime and smoked every day or some days at the time of survey. Current users of all other tobacco products reported using these products every day or some days at the time of survey. Prevalence estimates for current use of any tobacco product, any combustible tobacco product, and ≥2 tobacco products § were calculated. Estimates were calculated overall and separately by sex, age, race/ethnicity, U.S. Census region, education (for adults aged ≥25 years), marital status, annual household income, sexual orientation, health insurance coverage, disability, and presence of serious psychological distress. T-tests were performed to assess overall differences in tobacco product use from 2017 to 2018. ¶ Daily and nondaily use of each product was assessed. Three cigarette smoking cessation indicators were assessed: past-year quit attempts,** recent successful cessation, †† and quit ratio. §§ Linear and nonlinear (quadratic) trends were assessed for each cigarette smoking cessation indicator during 2009–2018. Statistical significance was defined as p<0.05 for differences and trends. SAS-Callable SUDAAN software (version 11.0.3; Research Triangle Institute) was used to conduct all analyses; all analyses were weighted and accounted for the complex survey design. Among U.S. adults in 2018, 19.7% (estimated 49.1 million) currently used any tobacco product, 16.5% (41.2 million; 83.8% of current tobacco users) used any combustible tobacco product, and 3.7% (9.3 million; 18.8% of current tobacco users) used ≥2 tobacco products (Table). Cigarettes were the most commonly used tobacco product (13.7%; 34.2 million). Prevalence estimates of use of the other tobacco products in 2018 were as follows: cigars (3.9%; 9.6 million); e-cigarettes (3.2%; 8.1 million); smokeless tobacco (2.4%; 5.9 million); and pipes (1.0%; 2.6 million). During 2017–2018, the prevalence of e-cigarette use increased from 2.8% to 3.2% (p = 0.029), and the prevalence of smokeless tobacco use increased from 2.1% to 2.4% (p = 0.047). No significant changes occurred in the use of the other tobacco products included in this study. Among current tobacco product users, daily use was reported by 74.6% of cigarette smokers, 59.1% of smokeless tobacco users, 42.6% of e-cigarette users, and 15.8% of cigar smokers (Figure 1). ¶¶ TABLE Percentage of persons aged ≥18 years who reported tobacco product use “every day” or “some days,” by tobacco product and selected characteristics — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2018 Demographic % (95% CI) Any tobacco product* Any combustible product† Cigarettes§ Cigars/ Cigarillos/ Filtered little cigars¶ Pipe/ Water pipe/ Hookah** E-cigarettes†† Smokeless tobacco§§ ≥2 Tobacco products¶¶ Overall 19.7 (19.0–20.4) 16.5 (15.9–17.2) 13.7 (13.1–14.3) 3.9 (3.5–4.2) 1.0 (0.9–1.2) 3.2 (3.0–3.5) 2.4 (2.1–2.6) 3.7 (3.4–4.0) Sex Men 25.8 (24.7–26.9) 20.6 (19.6–21.5) 15.6 (14.8–16.5) 6.8 (6.2–7.4) 1.5 (1.3–1.8) 4.3 (3.8–4.8) 4.7 (4.2–5.1) 5.9 (5.3–6.4) Women 14.1 (13.3–14.9) 12.8 (12.0–13.5) 12.0 (11.2–12.7) 1.1 (0.8–1.3) 0.6 (0.4–0.7) 2.3 (2.0–2.6) —*** 1.7 (1.5–2.0) Age group (yrs) 18–24 17.1 (14.8–19.3) 11.2 (9.3–13.1) 7.8 (6.2–9.4) 4.1 (2.9–5.3) — 7.6 (6.1–9.1) — 4.1 (3.0–5.2) 25–44 23.8 (22.5–25.0) 20.0 (18.9–21.2) 16.5 (15.4–17.6) 5.0 (4.4–5.6) 1.5 (1.1–1.8) 4.3 (3.7–4.8) 3.2 (2.7–3.6) 5.5 (4.9–6.1) 45–64 21.3 (20.2–22.4) 18.7 (17.6–19.7) 16.3 (15.3–17.3) 3.7 (3.2–4.2) 0.6 (0.4–0.8) 2.1 (1.8–2.5) 2.4 (2.0–2.8) 3.3 (2.8–3.7) ≥65 11.9 (11.0–12.8) 10.3 (9.5–11.1) 8.4 (7.7–9.2) 2.1 (1.7–2.5) — 0.8 (0.6–1.1) 1.4 (1.0–1.7) 1.3 (1.0–1.6) Race/Ethnicity††† White 21.9 (21.1–22.8) 17.9 (17.1–18.6) 15.0 (14.3–15.7) 4.1 (3.7–4.5) 1.0 (0.8–1.2) 3.7 (3.3–4.1) 3.3 (2.9–3.6) 4.2 (3.8–4.6) Black 19.3 (17.3–21.3) 18.2 (16.3–20.1) 14.6 (12.8–16.3) 4.9 (3.8–5.9) — — — 3.5 (2.7–4.3) Asian 10.0 (8.0–12.0) 8.2 (6.3–10.0) 7.1 (5.2–8.9) — — — — — AI/AN 32.3 (19.1–45.5) 25.2 (14.4–35.9) 22.6 (12.0–33.3) — — — — — Hispanic 13.8 (12.2–15.4) 12.3 (10.8–13.8) 9.8 (8.4–11.2) 2.8 (2.0–3.5) — 2.5 (1.8–3.3) — 2.2 (1.4–3.0) Multiracial 25.4 (19.8–30.9) 21.3 (16.2–26.3) 19.1 (14.3–24.0) — — — — — U.S. Census region§§§ Northeast 17.5 (15.8–19.1) 15.7 (14.2–17.2) 12.5 (11.1–13.8) 4.5 (3.6–5.4) – 2.2 (1.7–2.7) 1.3 (0.8–1.8) 3.4 (2.5–4.2) Midwest 23.6 (22.0–25.1) 19.7 (18.3–21.1) 16.2 (15.0–17.5) 4.8 (3.9–5.6) 1.1 (0.7–1.4) 4.0 (3.3–4.6) 3.0 (2.4–3.5) 4.5 (3.8–5.2) South 21.4 (20.1–22.7) 17.5 (16.4–18.7) 14.8 (13.7–15.9) 3.8 (3.3–4.3) 1.0 (0.7–1.2) 3.5 (3.1–4.0) 2.9 (2.5–3.4) 3.9 (3.4–4.4) West 15.3 (13.9–16.6) 12.7 (11.5–13.8) 10.7 (9.6–11.8) 2.6 (2.2–3.1) 1.1 (0.7–1.5) 2.9 (2.2–3.5) 1.7 (1.3–2.1) 3.0 (2.4–3.6) Education (adults aged ≥25 years) 0–12 yrs (no diploma) 25.9 (23.7–28.0) 23.1 (21.1–25.1) 21.8 (19.9–23.8) 2.8 (2.1–3.5) — 2.5 (1.8–3.3) 2.9 (2.0–3.8) 4.2 (3.4–5.1) GED 41.4 (36.2–46.7) 38.6 (33.5–43.8) 36.0 (31.3–40.7) — — — — 9.7 (6.9–12.4) High school diploma 25.2 (23.6–26.9) 21.7 (20.1–23.2) 19.7 (18.3–21.1) 4.0 (3.3–4.7) — 2.7 (2.2–3.3) 3.6 (2.9–4.2) 4.9 (4.0–5.7) Some college, no degree 24.7 (23.0–26.3) 21.2 (19.6–22.8) 18.3 (16.7–19.8) 4.4 (3.7–5.2) — 4.1 (3.3–4.9) 2.8 (2.2–3.4) 5.0 (4.2–5.8) Associate degree 21.3 (19.6–23.1) 18.0 (16.4–19.6) 14.8 (13.3–16.3) 4.3 (3.4–5.2) — 3.0 (2.3–3.6) 3.1 (2.3–3.8) 3.9 (3.0–4.8) Undergraduate degree 13.0 (11.8–14.1) 10.6 (9.6–11.6) 7.1 (6.2–7.9) 3.7 (3.1–4.4) 1.1 (0.7–1.4) 2.2 (1.7–2.6) 1.5 (1.1–1.9) 2.0 (1.6–2.5) Graduate degree 8.2 (7.1–9.4) 7.0 (5.9–8.0) 3.7 (3.0–4.4) 3.1 (2.4–3.8) — — — — Marital status Married/Living with partner 18.4 (17.5–19.2) 15.3 (14.5–16.1) 12.5 (11.7–13.2) 3.7 (3.3–4.1) 0.8 (0.7–1.0) 2.6 (2.2–2.9) 2.6 (2.3–3.0) 3.3 (2.9–3.7) Divorced/Separated/ Widowed 22.6 (21.2–24.0) 20.2 (19.0–21.4) 18.1 (16.9–19.4) 3.3 (2.7–3.8) 0.8 (0.5–1.1) 2.4 (2.0–2.9) 2.3 (1.8–2.8) 3.5 (3.0–4.0) Single/Never married/Not living with a partner 21.1 (19.7–22.6) 17.2 (15.9–18.6) 13.9 (12.7–15.1) 4.8 (4.0–5.5) 1.7 (1.3–2.1) 5.5 (4.6–6.3) 1.7 (1.4–2.0) 4.9 (4.2–5.6) Income (USD)¶¶¶ <35,000 26.2 (24.8–27.6) 23.2 (22.0–24.5) 21.3 (20.0–22.5) 3.8 (3.3–4.3) 1.7 (1.3–2.1) 4.0 (3.4–4.5) 2.1 (1.7–2.6) 5.5 (4.8–6.1) 35,000–74,999 21.0 (19.8–22.3) 17.8 (16.7–19.0) 14.9 (13.8–16.0) 4.1 (3.5–4.7) 0.9 (0.7–1.2) 3.5 (2.9–4.0) 2.6 (2.1–3.1) 4.1 (3.6–4.7) 75,000–99,999 20.2 (18.5–21.9) 16.5 (15.0–18.1) 13.3 (11.8–14.8) 3.9 (3.1–4.6) — 3.7 (2.8–4.6) 2.9 (2.2–3.6) 3.7 (2.8–4.5) ≥100,000 14.3 (13.1–15.5) 10.8 (9.8–11.8) 7.3 (6.5–8.2) 4.2 (3.5–4.8) — 2.7 (2.2–3.3) 2.4 (1.9–2.9) 2.4 (1.9–2.8) Sexual orientation Heterosexual/Straight 19.5 (18.8–20.3) 16.3 (15.7–17.0) 13.5 (12.9–14.1) 3.8 (3.5–4.2) 1.0 (0.8–1.1) 3.1 (2.8–3.4) 2.5 (2.2–2.7) 3.6 (3.3–4.0) Lesbian, gay, or bisexual 29.2 (24.7–33.7) 24.9 (20.7–29.1) 20.6 (16.7–24.5) — — — — — Health insurance coverage**** Private insurance 17.2 (16.4–18.0) 13.7 (13.0–14.4) 10.5 (9.9–11.1) 3.9 (3.5–4.3) 0.9 (0.7–1.1) 3.0 (2.7–3.4) 2.5 (2.2–2.8) 3.1 (2.7–3.4) Medicaid 27.8 (25.6–30.0) 25.3 (23.2–27.5) 23.9 (21.8–26.0) 3.8 (3.0–4.5) — 4.2 (3.2–5.1) — 5.5 (4.5–6.5) Medicare only (≥65 yrs) 12.6 (11.0–14.1) 10.9 (9.5–12.4) 9.4 (8.1–10.8) — — — — — Other public insurance 23.0 (20.5–25.5) 20.4 (17.9–22.8) 17.4 (15.1–19.8) 4.2 (3.2–5.3) — 3.3 (2.3–4.3) — 4.7 (3.5–5.9) Uninsured 29.9 (27.4–32.4) 26.4 (24.1–28.8) 23.9 (21.7–26.1) 5.1 (4.0–6.2) — 5.0 (3.9–6.1) 2.8 (2.0–3.7) 7.1 (5.9–8.4) Disability/Limitation†††† Yes 24.3 (22.4–26.3) 20.9 (19.0–22.7) 19.2 (17.3–21.0) 3.6 (2.7–4.4) — 3.6 (2.9–4.4) 2.9 (2.1–3.7) 4.9 (4.0–5.9) No 19.3 (18.5–20.0) 16.1 (15.4–16.7) 13.1 (12.5–13.7) 3.9 (3.6–4.3) 1.0 (0.9–1.2) 3.2 (2.9–3.5) 2.3 (2.1–2.6) 3.6 (3.3–3.9) Serious psychological distress§§§§ Yes 36.7 (32.7–40.6) 33.0 (29.0–37.0) 31.6 (27.9–35.4) — — 6.2 (4.6–7.8) — 8.4 (6.2–10.6) No 19.1 (18.4–19.8) 15.9 (15.2–16.5) 13.0 (12.4–13.6) 3.8 (3.5–4.2) 1.0 (0.9–1.2) 3.1 (2.8–3.4) 2.4 (2.1–2.6) 3.5 (3.2–3.8) Abbreviations: AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native; CI = confidence interval; GED = General Educational Development certificate. * Any tobacco product use was defined as use “every day” or “some days” of at least one tobacco product (for cigarettes, users were defined as persons who reported use either “every day” or “some days” and had smoked ≥100 times during their lifetime). † Any combustible tobacco product use was defined as use “every day” or “some days” of at least one combustible tobacco product: cigarettes; cigars, cigarillos, filtered little cigars; pipes, water pipes, or hookahs (for cigarettes, users were defined as persons who reported use either “every day” or “some days” and had smoked ≥100 times during their lifetime). § Current cigarette smokers were defined as persons who reported smoking ≥100 cigarettes during their lifetime and now smoked cigarettes “every day” or “some days.” ¶ Reported smoking cigars, cigarillos, or little filtered cigars at least once during their lifetime and now smoked at least one of these products “every day” or “some days.” ** Reported smoking tobacco in a regular pipe, water pipe, or hookahs at least once during their lifetime and now smoked at least one of these products “every day” or “some days.” †† Reported using electronic cigarettes at least once during their lifetime and now used e-cigarettes “every day” or “some days.” §§ Reported using chewing tobacco, snuff, dip, snus, or dissolvable tobacco at least once during their lifetime and now used at least one of these products “every day” or “some days.” ¶¶ Multiple tobacco product use was defined as use either “every day” or “some days” for at least two or more of the following tobacco products: cigarettes (≥100 times during lifetime); cigars, cigarillos, or filtered little cigars; pipes, water pipes, or hookahs; electronic cigarettes; or smokeless tobacco products. *** Dashes indicate prevalence estimates with a relative standard error >30% that are not presented. ††† Hispanic persons could be of any race. All other racial/ethnic groups were non-Hispanic. §§§ Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. ¶¶¶ Based on income variables from the family file (n = 8,310 missing valid income data). Imputed income files were not used in this analysis. **** Private coverage: includes adults who have any comprehensive private insurance plan (including health maintenance organizations and preferred provider organizations). Medicaid: for adults aged <65 years, includes adults who do not have private coverage, but who have Medicaid or other state-sponsored health plans including Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP); for adults aged ≥65 years, includes those who do not have any private coverage but have Medicare and Medicaid or other state-sponsored health plans including CHIP. Medicare only: includes adults aged ≥65 years who only have Medicare coverage. Other coverage: includes adults who do not have private insurance, Medicaid, or other public coverage, but who have any type of military coverage, coverage from other government programs, or Medicare. Uninsured: includes adults who have not indicated that they are covered at the time of the interview under private health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, a state-sponsored health plan, other government programs, or military coverage. Insurance coverage is “as of time of survey.” †††† Disability was defined based on self-reported presence of selected limitations including vision, hearing, mobility, remembering, self-care, and communication. Respondents who answered “A lot of difficulty” or “Cannot do at all/unable to do” to one of the following questions “Do you have difficulty seeing, even when wearing glasses?,” “Do you have difficulty hearing, even when using a hearing aid?,” “Do you have any difficulty walking or climbing steps?,” “Using your usual language, do you have difficulty communicating, for example, understanding or being understood?,” “Do you have difficulty remembering or concentrating?,” “Do you have difficulty with self-care, such as washing all over or dressing?” to be coded as having a disability; those who responded “no difficulty” or “some difficulty” to all six questions were coded to not have a disability. These six questions are based on the short set of questions recommended by the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/washington_group/index.htm). §§§§ The Kessler psychological distress scale is a series of six questions that ask about feelings of sadness, nervousness, restlessness, worthlessness, and feeling like everything is an effort in the past 30 days. Participants were asked to respond on a Likert scale ranging from “None of the time” (score = 0) to “All of the time” (score = 4). Responses were summed over the six questions; persons with a score of ≥13 were coded as having serious psychological distress, and respondents with a score <13 were coded as not having serious psychological distress. FIGURE 1 Prevalence of daily* and nondaily † use of selected tobacco products § among adults aged ≥18 years who currently use each tobacco product — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2018 * Smoking cigarettes every day at the time of the survey among persons who reported having smoked ≥100 cigarettes during their lifetime or use of e-cigarettes, cigars, or smokeless tobacco every day at the time of survey. † Smoking cigarettes on some days at the time of survey among persons who reported having smoked ≥100 cigarettes during their lifetime or use of e-cigarettes, cigars, or smokeless tobacco on some days at the time of survey. § Daily use estimates for pipe use were unstable (relative standard error >30%; neither daily use nor nondaily use is presented. The figure is a bar chart showing the prevalence of daily and nondaily use of selected tobacco products among adults aged ≥18 years who currently use each tobacco product, in the United States, during 2018. The prevalence of any current tobacco product use was higher among males (25.8%) than among females (14.1%) and among persons aged 25–44 years (23.8%), 45–64 years (21.3%), and 18–24 years (17.1%) than among those aged ≥65 years (11.9%) (Table). Current tobacco product use was also higher among non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native adults (32.3%), non-Hispanic multiracial adults (25.4%), non-Hispanic whites (21.9%), non-Hispanic blacks (19.3%), and Hispanic adults (13.8%) than among non-Hispanic Asian adults (10.0%), as well as among those who lived in the Midwest (23.6%) or the South U.S. Census regions (21.4%) than among those who lived in the West (15.3%) or the Northeast (17.5%). The prevalence of current tobacco product use was also higher among persons who had a GED (41.4%) than among those with other levels of education and among those who were divorced, separated, or widowed (22.6%) or single, never married, or not living with a partner (21.1%) than among those married or living with a partner (18.4%). Current tobacco product use was higher among persons with an annual household income <$35,000 (26.2%) than those in higher income groups, as well as among lesbian, gay, or bisexual adults (29.2%) than among those who were heterosexual (19.5%). Prevalence also was higher among adults who were uninsured (29.9%), insured by Medicaid (27.8%), or had some other public insurance (23.0%) than among those with private insurance (17.2%) or Medicare only (12.6%); among those who had a disability/limitation (24.3%); and those who had serious psychological distress (36.7%). Significant linear increases occurred for all three cigarette cessation indicators. Among adult cigarette smokers, the prevalence of making a quit attempt in the past 12 months increased from 52.8% in 2009 to 55.1% in 2018 (p<0.001) (Figure 2). Recent successful smoking cessation increased from 6.3% in 2009 to 7.5% in 2018 (p<0.001). The quit ratio for cigarette smoking increased from 51.7% in 2009 to 61.7% in 2018 (p<0.001). FIGURE 2 Prevalence of past-year quit attempts* and recent cessation † and quit ratio § among cigarette smokers aged ≥18 years — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2009–2018 * Percentage of current cigarette smokers who reported they stopped smoking for >1 day during the past 12 months because they were trying to quit smoking and former smokers who quit during the past year. † Percentage of former cigarette smokers who quit smoking for ≥6 months during the past year, among current smokers who smoked for ≥2 years and former smokers who quit during the past year. § Percentage of persons who ever smoked (≥100 cigarettes during lifetime) who have quit smoking. The figure is a line chart showing the prevalence of past-year quit attempts and recent cessation and quit ratio among cigarette smokers aged ≥18 years, in the United States, during 2009–2018. Discussion The approximate two thirds decline in adult cigarette smoking prevalence that has occurred since 1965 represents a major public health success ( 1 ). In 2018, 13.7% of U.S. adults aged ≥18 years currently smoked cigarettes, the lowest prevalence recorded since 1965. However, no significant change in cigarette smoking prevalence occurred during 2017–2018. Most cigarette smokers and smokeless tobacco users reported daily use, whereas most e-cigarette and cigar users reported nondaily use. Even nondaily use of cigarettes has been linked to increased mortality risk ( 6 ). Quitting smoking at any age is beneficial for health ( 1 , 4 ). During 2009–2018, significant linear increases occurred in quit attempts, recent successful cessation, and quit ratio. Population-based tobacco control interventions, including high-impact tobacco education campaigns like CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers (https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/index.html) campaign and FDA’s Every Try Counts campaign (https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/every-try-counts-campaign), combined with barrier-free access to evidence-based cessation treatments, can both motivate persons who use tobacco products to try to quit and help them succeed in quitting. The prevalence of adult e-cigarette use increased from 2.8% in 2017 to 3.2% in 2018 but was much lower than the 20.8% ( 7 ) of U.S. high school students reporting past 30-day e-cigarette use in 2018. The prevalence of e-cigarette use among persons aged 18–24 years is higher than that among other adult age groups, and e-cigarette use in this age group increased from 5.2% in 2017 ( 2 ) to 7.6% in 2018. During 2014–2017 there had been a downward trajectory of adult e-cigarette use ( 2 , 8 ), but during 2017–2018 a significant increase in adult e-cigarette use was detected for the first time. This increase might be related to the emergence of new types of e-cigarettes, especially “pod-mod” devices, which frequently use nicotine salts as opposed to the free-base nicotine used in other e-cigarettes and tobacco products. Sales of JUUL, a pod-mod device, increased by approximately 600% from 2016 to 2017, making it the dominant e-cigarette product in the United States by the end of 2017 ( 9 ). Further research is needed to monitor patterns of e-cigarette use and the relationship between use of e-cigarettes and other tobacco products (e.g., cigarette smoking). The findings in this report are subject to at least three limitations. First, responses were self-reported and were not validated by biochemical testing. However, self-reported smoking status correlates highly with serum cotinine levels ( 10 ). Second, because NHIS is limited to the noninstitutionalized U.S. civilian population, the results are not generalizable to institutionalized populations and persons in the military. Finally, the NHIS Sample Adult response rate of 53.1% might have resulted in nonresponse bias. Coordinated efforts at the local, state, and national levels are needed to continue progress toward reducing tobacco-related disease and death in the United States. Proven strategies include implementation of tobacco price increases, comprehensive smoke-free policies, high-impact antitobacco media campaigns, barrier-free cessation coverage, and comprehensive state tobacco control programs, combined with regulation of the manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of all tobacco products ( 1 , 4 ). Summary What is already known about this topic? Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. Adult cigarette smoking prevalence has declined; however, new tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, have entered the U.S. market. What is added by this report? In 2018, approximately 20% of U.S. adults currently used any tobacco product; cigarette smoking reached an all-time low (13.7%). During 2009–2018, significant increases in three cigarette cessation indicators occurred. During 2017–2018, e-cigarette and smokeless tobacco product use prevalence increased. What are the implications for public health practice? Continued surveillance is critical to informing tobacco control efforts at the national, state, and local levels. Coordinated efforts and regulation of all tobacco products are needed to reduce tobacco-related disease and death in the United States.

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          Vital Signs: Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011–2018

          Introduction Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States; nearly all tobacco product use begins during youth and young adulthood. Methods CDC, the Food and Drug Administration, and the National Cancer Institute analyzed data from the 2011–2018 National Youth Tobacco Surveys to estimate tobacco product use among U.S. middle and high school students. Prevalence estimates of current (past 30-day) use of seven tobacco products were assessed; differences over time were analyzed using multivariable regression (2011–2018) or t-test (2017–2018). Results In 2018, current use of any tobacco product was reported by 27.1% of high school students (4.04 million) and 7.2% of middle school students (840,000); electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were the most commonly used product among high school (20.8%; 3.05 million) and middle school (4.9%; 570,000) students. Use of any tobacco product overall did not change significantly during 2011–2018 among either school level. During 2017–2018, current use of any tobacco product increased 38.3% (from 19.6% to 27.1%) among high school students and 28.6% (from 5.6% to 7.2%) among middle school students; e-cigarette use increased 77.8% (from 11.7% to 20.8%) among high school students and 48.5% (from 3.3% to 4.9%) among middle school students. Conclusions and Implications for Public Health Practice A considerable increase in e-cigarette use among U.S. youths, coupled with no change in use of other tobacco products during 2017–2018, has erased recent progress in reducing overall tobacco product use among youths. The sustained implementation of comprehensive tobacco control strategies, in coordination with Food and Drug Administration regulation of tobacco products, can prevent and reduce the use of all forms of tobacco products among U.S. youths.
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            Tobacco Product Use Among Adults — United States, 2017

            Cigarette smoking harms nearly every organ of the body and causes adverse health consequences, including heart disease, stroke, and multiple types of cancer ( 1 ). Although cigarette smoking among U.S. adults has declined considerably, tobacco products have evolved in recent years to include various combustible, noncombustible, and electronic products ( 1 , 2 ). To assess recent national estimates of tobacco product use among U.S. adults aged ≥18 years, CDC, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute analyzed data from the 2017 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). In 2017, an estimated 47.4 million U.S. adults (19.3%) currently used any tobacco product, including cigarettes (14.0%; 34.3 million); cigars, cigarillos, or filtered little cigars (3.8%; 9.3 million); electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) (2.8%; 6.9 million); smokeless tobacco (2.1%; 5.1 million); and pipes, water pipes, or hookahs (1.0%; 2.6 million). Among current tobacco product users, 86.7% (41.1 million) smoked combustible tobacco products, and 19.0% (9.0 million) used ≥2 tobacco products. By univariate analyses, the prevalence of current use of any tobacco product was higher among males than among females; adults aged <65 years than among those aged ≥65 years; non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Natives, whites, blacks, or multiracial adults than among Hispanics or non-Hispanic Asians; adults who lived in the South or Midwest than among those in the West or Northeast; adults who had a general educational development certificate (GED) than among those with other levels of education; adults who earned an annual household income of <$35,000 than among those with those with higher income; lesbian, gay, or bisexual adults than among heterosexual/straight adults; and adults who were divorced/separated/widowed or single/never married/not living with a partner than among those who were married/living with a partner. Prevalence was also higher among those who were uninsured, insured by Medicaid, or had some other public insurance than among those with private insurance or Medicare only; those who had a disability/limitation than among those who did not; and those who had serious psychological distress than among those who did not. Full implementation of evidence-based tobacco control interventions that address the diversity of tobacco products used by U.S. adults, in coordination with regulation of tobacco product manufacturing, marketing, and sales, can reduce tobacco-related disease and death in the United States ( 1 – 3 ). NHIS is an annual, nationally representative, in-person survey of the noninstitutionalized U.S. civilian population ( 4 ). The 2017 Sample Adult component included 26,742 adults aged ≥18 years; the response rate was 53.0%. Data were weighted to adjust for differences in selection probability and nonresponse and to provide nationally representative estimates. Five tobacco products were assessed: cigarettes; cigars (cigars, cigarillos, or filtered little cigars); pipes (regular pipes, water pipes, or hookahs)*; e-cigarettes; and smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco, snuff, dip, snus, or dissolvable tobacco). Current cigarette smokers were those who reported having smoked ≥100 cigarettes during their lifetime and smoked every day or some days at the time of survey. Current users of all other tobacco products were those who reported their use every day or some days at the time of survey. Prevalence estimates for current use of any tobacco product, any combustible tobacco product (cigarettes, cigars, or pipes), and use of ≥2 tobacco products † were calculated. Estimates were calculated overall and separately by sex, age, race/ethnicity, U.S. region, § education, marital status, annual household income, sexual orientation, ¶ health insurance coverage,** disability, †† and presence of serious psychological distress. §§ T-tests were performed to assess overall differences in tobacco use between 2016 and 2017, with statistical significance defined as p<0.05. ¶¶ Among U.S. adults in 2017, 19.3% (estimated 47.4 million) currently used any tobacco product and 16.7% (41.1 million; 86.7% of current tobacco users) used any combustible tobacco product (Table). Cigarettes were the most commonly used tobacco product (14.0%; 34.3 million), with the prevalence of cigarette smoking in 2017 being the lowest measured among U.S. adults since NHIS data collection for this measure began in 1965 (Figure 1). Prevalence estimates of other tobacco products in 2017 were as follows: cigars (3.8%; 9.3 million); e-cigarettes (2.8%; 6.9 million); smokeless tobacco (2.1%; 5.1 million); and pipes (1.0%; 2.6 million). During 2016–2017, declines occurred in current use of any tobacco product; any combustible tobacco product; ≥2 tobacco products; cigarettes; and smokeless tobacco (all p<0.05). Among current tobacco product users, the proportion who were daily users was 75.0% for cigarettes, 58.2% for smokeless tobacco, 40.5% for e-cigarettes, 12.4% for cigars, and 10.6% for pipes. TABLE Percentage of adults aged ≥18 years who reported tobacco product use "every day" or "some days," by tobacco product and selected characteristics — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2017 Characteristic Tobacco product use
% (95% CI) Any tobacco product* Any combustible tobacco product† Cigarettes§ Cigars/Cigarillos/Filtered little cigars¶ Regular pipe/Water pipe/Hookah** E-cigarettes†† Smokeless tobacco§§ ≥2 tobacco products¶¶ Overall 19.3 (18.6–20.0) 16.7 (16.1–17.3) 14.0 (13.4–14.6) 3.8 (3.5–4.1) 1.0 (0.9–1.2) 2.8 (2.5–3.1) 2.1 (1.9–2.3) 3.7 (3.4–4.0) Sex Male 24.8 (23.8–25.8) 20.8 (19.9–21.7) 15.8 (15.0–16.7) 6.8 (6.2–7.4) 1.8 (1.5–2.1) 3.3 (2.8–3.7) 4.0 (3.6–4.5) 5.7 (5.1–6.2) Female 14.2 (13.4–15.0) 12.9 (12.1–13.7) 12.2 (11.4–13.0) 1.0 (0.8–1.2) 0.4 (0.2–0.5) 2.4 (2.0–2.7) 0.2 (0.1–0.3) 1.8 (1.5–2.0) Age group (yrs) 18–24 18.3 (16.2–20.3) 14.0 (12.2–15.8) 10.4 (8.8–12.0) 4.3 (3.4–5.3) 2.5 (1.7–3.2) 5.2 (3.9–6.5) 2.9 (2.1–3.7) 5.2 (4.1–6.2) 25–44 22.5 (21.4–23.7) 19.5 (18.4–20.6) 16.1 (15.1–17.1) 4.7 (4.1–5.3) 1.2 (0.9–1.5) 3.6 (3.1–4.2) 2.5 (2.2–2.9) 4.7 (4.2–5.3) 45–64 21.3 (20.1–22.5) 18.9 (17.8–20.0) 16.5 (15.4–17.5) 3.9 (3.4–4.4) 0.6 (0.4–0.8) 2.4 (2.0–2.7) 2.0 (1.7–2.3) 3.5 (3.1–4.0) ≥65 11.0 (10.1–11.8) 9.8 (9.0–10.7) 8.2 (7.4–9.0) 1.8 (1.4–2.1) 0.7 (0.5–0.9) 0.7 (0.5–0.9) 0.9 (0.6–1.2) 1.1 (0.8–1.4) Race/Ethnicity*** White, non-Hispanic 21.4 (20.6–22.2) 18.3 (17.5–19.0) 15.2 (14.4–15.9) 4.0 (3.6–4.4) 1.1 (0.9–1.3) 3.3 (2.9–3.6) 2.8 (2.5–3.1) 4.2 (3.8–4.5) Black, non-Hispanic 20.1 (18.3–21.9) 18.8 (17.0–20.5) 14.9 (13.1–16.6) 6.0 (4.8–7.2) 1.4 (0.7–2.0) 2.2 (1.5–2.9) 0.6 (0.3–1.0) 4.1 (3.0–5.1) Asian, non-Hispanic 8.9 (7.1–10.8) 8.0 (6.2–9.8) 7.1 (5.5–8.8) —††† — 0.9 (0.4–1.4) — 1.2 (0.5–1.8) American Indian/ Alaska Native, non-Hispanic 29.8 (18.9–40.7) 26.3 (16.5–36.0) 24.0 (14.4–33.5) 5.8 (3.2–8.3) — — — 4.9 (2.3–7.5) Hispanic 12.7 (11.4–14.0) 11.2 (9.9–12.4) 9.9 (8.6–11.1) 2.2 (1.5–2.8) 0.6 (0.3–0.8) 1.8 (1.1–2.5) 0.7 (0.4–1.0) 1.9 (1.3–2.6) Multirace, non-Hispanic 27.4 (22.4–32.3) 23.8 (19.0–28.6) 20.6 (16.0–25.2) 4.3 (2.2–6.4) — 5.6 (2.7–8.5) — 6.4 (3.3–9.4) U.S. Census region§§§ Northeast 15.6 (13.8–17.4) 13.9 (12.3–15.6) 11.2 (9.8–12.6) 3.2 (2.5–3.8) 0.6 (0.3–0.9) 2.0 (1.5–2.6) 1.3 (0.9–1.8) 2.5 (1.8–3.1) Midwest 23.5 (22.1–24.8) 20.5 (19.2–21.7) 16.9 (15.5–18.2) 4.9 (4.2–5.6) 1.4 (1.0–1.7) 2.9 (2.4–3.4) 2.9 (2.5–3.4) 4.7 (4.0–5.3) South 20.8 (19.6–22.0) 18.0 (16.9–19.2) 15.5 (14.4–16.7) 4.1 (3.6–4.7) 0.9 (0.7–1.2) 3.1 (2.6–3.6) 2.2 (1.8–2.5) 4.1 (3.5–4.6) West 15.9 (14.6–17.1) 13.4 (12.4–14.3) 11.0 (10.1–11.8) 2.8 (2.3–3.3) 1.2 (0.9–1.6) 2.8 (2.2–3.3) 1.7 (1.2–2.1) 3.0 (2.5–3.5) Education (adults aged ≥25 yrs) 0–12 yrs (no diploma) 26.1 (24.0–28.3) 24.1 (22.0–26.2) 23.1 (21.0– 25.2) 3.6 (2.5–4.7) — 2.1 (1.5–2.8) 1.8 (1.2–2.4) 4.3 (3.1–5.4) GED 42.6 (38.2–46.9) 38.5 (34.3–42.8) 36.8 (32.7–41.0) 6.4 (4.1–8.7) — 7.2 (4.8–9.6) 3.4 (1.8–4.9) 9.9 (7.1–12.7) High school diploma 24.3 (22.8–25.8) 21.2 (19.7–22.6) 18.7 (17.4–20.1) 4.1 (3.3–4.8) 0.7 (0.4–1.0) 3.1 (2.5–3.7) 2.8 (2.3–3.4) 4.4 (3.7–5.2) Some college, no degree 23.1 (21.6–24.6) 19.6 (18.1–21.0) 17.4 (16.0–18.7) 3.4 (2.6–4.1) 1.0 (0.6–1.3) 3.4 (2.7–4.0) 2.3 (1.8–2.8) 3.8 (3.1–4.6) Associate degree (academic or technical/vocational) 20.4 (18.6–22.2) 18.2 (16.5–19.9) 15.5 (13.9–17.1) 3.6 (2.9–4.4) 0.8 (0.4–1.2) 2.7 (2.0–3.4) 1.9 (1.4–2.5) 3.6 (2.8–4.4) Undergraduate degree (bachelor’s) 12.5 (11.3–13.6) 10.7 (9.6–11.7) 7.1 (6.2– 7.9) 3.8 (3.2–4.5) 1.0 (0.6–1.3) 1.7 (1.2–2.2) 1.5 (1.1–1.8) 2.3 (1.8–2.8) Graduate degree (Master's, doctoral or professional 8.3 (7.0–9.5) 7.5 (6.3–8.7) 4.1 (3.3–5.0) 3.2 (2.4–4.0) 0.9 (0.6–1.3) 0.9 (0.5–1.2) 0.8 (0.5–1.1) 1.4 (0.9–1.9) Marital status Married/Living with partner 17.6 (16.7–18.4) 15.0 (14.3–15.8) 12.4 (11.6–13.1) 3.6 (3.2–4.0) 0.7 (0.6–0.9) 2.3 (2.0–2.6) 2.1 (1.8–2.4) 3.1 (2.7–3.5) Divorced/Separated/Widowed 23.1 (21.8–24.4) 21.1 (19.8–22.3) 19.1 (17.8–20.3) 3.4 (2.8–4.0) 0.7 (0.5–0.9) 2.9 (2.4–3.3) 1.7 (1.3–2.0) 4.0 (3.4–4.5) Single/Never married/Not living with partner 21.0 (19.7–22.4) 17.9 (16.7–19.2) 14.4 (13.2–15.6) 4.6 (3.9–5.2) 2.1 (1.6–2.6) 4.1 (3.3–4.9) 2.2 (1.8–2.7) 5.0 (4.3–5.7) Annual household income ($)¶¶¶ <35,000 26.0 (24.6–27.3) 23.7 (22.4–25.1) 21.4 (20.1–22.7) 4.4 (3.7–5.1) 1.4 (1.1–1.7) 3.6 (3.1–4.1) 1.6 (1.3–1.9) 5.2 (4.5–5.9) 35,000–74,999 20.5 (19.4–21.6) 17.7 (16.7–18.8) 15.3 (14.3–16.3) 3.6 (3.1–4.2) 1.0 (0.7–1.3) 3.1 (2.6–3.6) 2.6 (2.1–3.0) 4.3 (3.7–4.9) 75,000–99,999 18.4 (16.6–20.1) 14.9 (13.3–16.6) 11.8 (10.3–13.4) 3.7 (2.7–4.7) 0.8 (0.4–1.1) 2.5 (1.7–3.2) 2.8 (2.1–3.4) 2.9 (2.1–3.7) ≥100,000 13.5 (12.3–14.7) 11.2 (10.1–12.2) 7.6 (6.7–8.4) 4.0 (3.4–4.6) 0.8 (0.5–1.1) 1.8 (1.3–2.2) 2.0 (1.6–2.4) 2.3 (1.9–2.8) Sexual orientation Heterosexual/Straight 19.0 (18.3–19.8) 16.5 (15.9–17.1) 13.7 (13.1–14.4) 3.8 (3.5–4.1) 1.0 (0.8–1.2) 2.6 (2.4–2.9) 2.1 (1.9–2.3) 3.6 (3.2–3.9) Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual 27.3 (23.0–31.6) 23.4 (19.4–27.4) 20.3 (16.7–24.0) 3.8 (2.2–5.5) 2.1 (0.9–3.2) 7.5 (5.3–9.8) — 6.6 (4.8–8.5) Health insurance coverage**** Private insurance 16.2 (15.5–16.9) 13.6 (12.9–14.3) 10.5 (9.9–11.1) 3.6 (3.2–3.9) 0.9 (0.7–1.1) 2.3 (2.0–2.6) 2.2 (2.0–2.5) 2.9 (2.5–3.2) Medicaid 28.2 (26.0–30.4) 25.9 (23.7–28.0) 24.5 (22.4–26.6) 3.6 (2.7–4.5) 1.0 (0.6–1.4) 4.8 (3.7–5.9) 1.0 (0.7–1.4) 5.7 (4.6–6.8) Medicare only (aged ≥65 yrs) 11.0 (9.5–12.5) 9.9 (8.5–11.3) 8.7 (7.3–10.1) 1.8 (1.1–2.4) — 0.7 (0.4–1.1) 0.8 (0.4–1.1) 1.3 (0.8–1.9) Other public insurance 26.8 (24.2–29.5) 23.2 (20.6–25.7) 20.4 (18.0–22.9) 5.7 (4.3–7.0) 1.4 (0.7–2.1) 3.1 (2.1–4.1) 3.4 (2.3–4.5) 5.1 (3.8–6.3) Uninsured 31.0 (28.7–33.4) 27.8 (25.6–30.1) 24.7 (22.5–26.9) 6.0 (4.6–7.5) 1.9 (1.2–2.7) 4.6 (3.6–5.6) 2.6 (1.9–3.2) 7.3 (5.8–8.7) Disability/Limitation†††† Yes 25.0 (23.3–26.7) 22.4 (20.8–24.1) 20.7 (19.1–22.3) 3.4 (2.6–4.1) 1.1 (0.7–1.5) 3.3 (2.6–4.1) 2.1 (1.5–2.6) 4.5 (3.7–5.3) No 18.8 (17.9–19.8) 16.1 (15.2–16.9) 13.3 (12.5–14.0) 3.7 (3.3–4.1) 1.1 (0.9–1.3) 2.7 (2.4–3.1) 2.1 (1.8–2.5) 3.4 (3.0–3.8) Serious psychological distress§§§§ Yes 40.8 (36.9–44.7) 36.4 (32.6–40.3) 35.2 (31.4–39.0) 4.4 (2.9–6.0) — 7.9 (5.8–10.1) — 7.3 (5.4–9.3) No 18.5 (17.8–19.2) 16.0 (15.4–16.6) 13.2 (12.5–13.8) 3.8 (3.5–4.1) 1.1 (0.9–1.2) 2.6 (2.3–2.9) 2.1 (1.9–2.3) 3.5 (3.2–3.8) Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; E-cigarettes = electronic cigarettes; GED = general educational development certificate; HS = high school. * Any tobacco product use was defined as use either every day or some days of at least one tobacco product. For cigarettes only, users were defined as persons who had smoked ≥100 cigarettes during their lifetime and now smoked cigarettes either every day or some days. † Any combustible tobacco product use was defined as use either every day or some days of at least one combustible tobacco product: cigarettes; cigars, cigarillos, or filtered little cigars; pipes, water pipes, or hookahs. For cigarettes only, users were defined as persons who had smoked ≥100 cigarettes during their lifetime and now smoked cigarettes every day or some days. § Current cigarette smokers were defined as persons who reported smoking ≥100 cigarettes during their lifetime and now smoked cigarettes every day or some days. ¶ Reported smoking cigars, cigarillos, or little filtered cigars at least once during their lifetime and now smoked at least one of these products every day or some days. ** Reported smoking tobacco in a regular pipe, water pipe, or hookah at least once during their lifetime and now smoked at least one of these products every day or some days. †† Reported using electronic cigarettes at least once during their lifetime and now used e-cigarettes every day or some days. §§ Reported using chewing tobacco, snuff, dip, snus, or dissolvable tobacco at least once during their lifetime and now used at least one of these products every day or some days. ¶¶ Use was defined as use either every day or some days of at least two or more of the following tobacco products: cigarettes (≥100 cigarettes during lifetime); cigars, cigarillos, or filtered little cigars; pipes, water pipes, or hookahs; electronic cigarettes; or smokeless tobacco products. Among multiple tobacco product users, 84.1% used two products, 13.4% used three products, and 2.5% used four or more tobacco products *** Hispanic persons could be of any race. ††† Dashes indicate that prevalence estimates with a relative standard error ≥30% are not presented. §§§ Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. ¶¶¶ Based on observed income as obtained from combined family income bracketing questions. **** Private coverage: includes adults who had any comprehensive private insurance plan (including health maintenance organizations and preferred provider organizations). Medicaid: for adults aged <65 years, includes adults who do not have private coverage, but who have Medicaid or other state-sponsored health plans including Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP); also includes adults aged ≥65 years who do not have any private coverage but have Medicare and Medicaid or other state-sponsored health plans including CHIP. Medicare only: includes adults aged ≥65 years who only have Medicare coverage. Other coverage: includes adults who do not have private insurance, Medicaid, or other public coverage, but who have any type of military coverage, coverage from other government programs, or Medicare. Uninsured: includes adults who have not indicated that they are covered at the time of the interview under private health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, a state-sponsored health plan, other government programs, or military coverage. Insurance coverage is ‘as of time of survey’. †††† Disability status was defined on the basis of self-reported presence of selected limitations including vision, hearing, cognition, and movement. Limitations in performing activities of daily living were defined using the question “Does [person] have difficulty dressing or bathing?” Limitations in performing instrumental activities of daily living were defined on the basis of responses to the question “Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, does [person] have difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or shopping?” Any disability was defined as a “yes” response pertaining to at least one of the limitations listed (vision, hearing, cognition, movement, activities of daily living, or instrumental activities of daily living). A random sample of half of the respondents from the 2017 Person File was asked about limitations and weights from the Family Disability Questions File were applied. §§§§ Based on the Kessler psychological distress scale, a series of six questions that ask about feelings of hopelessness, sadness, nervousness, restlessness, worthlessness, and feeling like everything is an effort in the past 30 days. Participants were asked to respond on a Likert Scale ranging from “None of the time” (score = 0) to “All of the time” (score = 4). Responses were summed over the six questions; persons with a score of ≥13 were coded as having serious psychological distress, and respondents with a score <13 were coded as not having serious psychological distress. FIGURE 1 Percentage of adults aged ≥ 18 years who were current cigarette smokers,* overall and by sex — National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), United States, 1965–2017 * For NHIS years 1965–1991, current smokers included adults who reported that they had smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lifetime and currently smoked. Since 1992, current smokers included adults who reported smoking ≥100 cigarettes during their lifetime and specified that they currently smoked every day or on some days. Data are not available for 1967–1969, 1971–1973, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1989, and 1996 because questions regarding smoking were not included in the NHIS conducted in those years. Related data and documentation can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/data-questionnaires-documentation.htm. The figure is a line graph showing the percentage of U.S. adults aged ≥18 years who were current cigarette smokers, overall and by sex during 1965–2017, based on data from the National Health Interview Survey. Overall, 3.7% of U.S. adults (9.0 million; 19.0% of current tobacco product users) used ≥2 tobacco products. Among multiple tobacco product users, 84.1% used two products, 13.4% used three products, and 2.5% used four or more products. The most prevalent tobacco product combinations were cigarettes and e-cigarettes (30.1%), followed by cigarettes and cigars (29.2%) (Figure 2). FIGURE 2 Top tobacco product use* combinations among adults aged ≥18 years who currently used ≥2 tobacco products † , § — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2017 * For cigarettes, current smokers were defined as persons who had smoked ≥100 cigarettes during their lifetime and now smoked either every day or some days. Current users of all other assessed tobacco products were defined as persons who reported use of each respective product every day or some days at the time of survey. † Percentages were calculated among adults who currently used ≥2 of the following five tobacco product types: cigarettes; cigars, cigarillos, or filtered little cigars (cigars); regular pipes, water pipe or hookahs (pipes); chewing tobacco, snuff, dip, snus, or dissolvable tobacco (smokeless tobacco); and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). § A total of 26 distinct combinations were assessed (10 two-product type combinations; 10 three-product type combinations; 5 four-product type combinations, and 1 five-product type combination). The figure is a bar chart showing the top tobacco product combinations used among U.S. adults aged ≥18 years who currently used ≥2 tobacco products in 2017, based on data from the National Health Interview Survey. By univariate analyses, the prevalence of any current tobacco product use was higher among males (24.8%) than among females (14.2%); those aged 25–44 years (22.5%), 45–64 years (21.3%), or 18–24 years (18.3%) than among those aged ≥65 years (11.0%); non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Natives (29.8%), multiracial adults (27.4%), whites (21.4%), or blacks (20.1%) than among Hispanics (12.7%) or non-Hispanic Asians (8.9%); those who lived in the Midwest (23.5%) or the South (20.8%) than among those who lived in the West (15.9%) or Northeast (15.6%); those who had a GED (42.6%) than among those with other levels of education; those who were divorced/separated/widowed (23.1%) or single/never married/not living with a partner (21.0%) than among those married/living with a partner (17.6%); those who had annual household income of <$35,000 (26.0%) than among those with higher income; and lesbian, gay, or bisexual adults (27.3%) than among heterosexual/straight adults (19.0%). Prevalence was also higher among those who were uninsured (31.0%), insured by Medicaid (28.2%) or had some other public insurance (26.8%) than among those with private insurance (16.2%) or Medicare only (11.0%); those who had a disability/limitation (25.0%) than among those who did not (18.8%); and those who had serious psychological distress (40.8%) than among those who did not (18.5%). Discussion Considerable progress has been made in reducing cigarette smoking among U.S. adults over the past half century: an estimated 14.0% of U.S. adults (34.3 million) were current cigarette smokers in 2017, representing a 67% decline since 1965. However, in 2017, nearly nine in 10 (41.1 million) adult tobacco product users reported using a combustible tobacco product, with cigarettes being the product most commonly used. The burden of death and disease from tobacco use in the United States is caused overwhelmingly by cigarettes and other combustible products, and an estimated 480,000 U.S. adults die from cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke exposure each year ( 1 ). Therefore, continued efforts to reduce all forms of combustible tobacco smoking, including cigarettes, among U.S. adults are especially important ( 1 ). U.S. adults also report using various noncigarette tobacco products. In 2017, approximately one in five adults (47.4 million) currently used any tobacco product, and 19.0% of these adults reported multiple tobacco product use. Multiple tobacco product users are at increased risk for nicotine addiction and dependence ( 1 , 5 ). E-cigarettes were commonly used among multiple tobacco product users. Primary reasons for e-cigarette use among adults include curiosity, flavoring, cost, consideration of others, convenience, and simulation of cigarettes, as well as to attempt to quit smoking ( 6 ). However, although e-cigarettes could benefit adult smokers if used as a complete substitute for combustible tobacco smoking, evidence of the effectiveness of e-cigarettes as a cessation aid is inconclusive ( 7 ). Demographic variations in tobacco product use were observed. For example, young adults reported the highest use of emerging products such as e-cigarettes and pipes; the higher prevalence of overall pipe use among young adults is likely primarily driven by water pipe or hookah use ( 1 ). Differences in tobacco product use across population groups might be related to multiple factors, including targeted advertising, differing perceptions regarding the relative harm or social acceptability of tobacco use, and differences in tobacco product prices and levels of access to cessation resources ( 1 , 2 ). The findings in this report are subject to at least four limitations. First, the potential for recall bias exists because responses were self-reported and not biochemically validated. However, self-reported smoking status correlates highly with serum cotinine levels ( 8 ). Second, the questionnaire did not assess gender identity; including transgender persons could affect overall tobacco use estimates among the sexual and gender minorities considered in this report. Third, NHIS estimates are not generalizable to persons in the military or institutionalized populations. Finally, the NHIS Sample Adult component’s response rate of 53.0% might have resulted in nonresponse bias. Full implementation of comprehensive tobacco control programs at the national, state, and local levels, including tobacco price increases, high-impact anti-tobacco mass media campaigns, comprehensive smoke-free laws,*** and barrier-free access to tobacco cessation counseling and approved medications, along with FDA regulation of tobacco products, can accelerate progress toward reducing tobacco-related death and disease in the United States ( 3 ). Given the increasing diversity of available tobacco products, coordinated efforts are key to implementing proven strategies while also exploring promising new strategies. For example, CDC supports the National Tobacco Control Program ( 3 ), and the Tips From Former Smokers campaign, which led to approximately half a million sustained quits among U.S. adult smokers during 2012–2015 ( 9 ). FDA launched the Every Try Counts campaign in 2018, which targets adults aged 25–54 years who have attempted to quit smoking in the last year but were unsuccessful. The campaign also complements FDA’s recently announced plan to explore reducing nicotine content in cigarettes to minimally or nonaddictive levels ( 10 ). The National Cancer Institute supports research to improve tobacco dependence treatment and provides resources to help smokers quit, including Smokefree.gov; the toll-free national quitline network (1-800-QUIT-NOW); and LiveHelp online. These coordinated strategies, in combination with state and local level tobacco prevention and control strategies that address the diversity of tobacco products, can reduce tobacco related disease and death in the United States ( 1 ). Summary What is already known about this topic? Although cigarette smoking among U.S. adults has declined considerably, tobacco products have evolved in recent years to include various combustible, non-combustible, and electronic products. What is added by this report? In 2017, an estimated 47.4 million U.S. adults (19.3%) currently used any tobacco product. Among current tobacco product users, 86.7% (41.1 million) smoked combustible tobacco products, and 19.0% (9.0 million) used two or more tobacco products. What are the implications for public health practice? Implementation of evidence-based tobacco control interventions that address the diversity of tobacco products used by U.S. adults, in coordination with regulation of tobacco product manufacturing, marketing, and sales, can reduce tobacco-related disease and death in the United States.
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              This study uses e-cigarette retail sales data to estimate estimate e-cigarette sales and market share of e-cigarette sales by manufacturer in the United States during 2013-2017.
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                MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
                MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep
                WR
                Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
                Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
                0149-2195
                1545-861X
                15 November 2019
                15 November 2019
                : 68
                : 45
                : 1013-1019
                Affiliations
                Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC; Center for Tobacco Products, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland; Tobacco Control Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
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                Corresponding author: Teresa Wang, twwang@ 123456cdc.gov , 770-488-5493.
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                mm6845a2
                10.15585/mmwr.mm6845a2
                6855510
                31725711
                6108d0c0-7c00-45f9-aeae-8c92294ddcc8

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