Lifetime prevalence of cigarette use among U.S. students 1991-2022

In 2022, it was found that 10.9 percent of U.S. students in grades 8, 10, and 12 reported that they had smoked cigarettes at some time in their life. This statistic shows the lifetime prevalence of cigarette use amongst grade 8, 10, and 12 students combined from 1991 to 2022.

Lifetime prevalence of cigarette use for grades 8, 10, and 12 combined from 1991 to 2022

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
2022	10.9%
2021	11.4%
2020	16.2%
2019	15.3%
2018	16.1%
2017	17%
2016	18.2%
2015	21.1%
2014	22.9%
2013	25.6%
2012	27%
2011	28.7%
2010	30.9%
2009	31.2%
2008	31.3%
2007	33.3%
2006	35%
2005	37.4%
2004	39.6%
2003	40.8%
2002	44.2%
2001	49.1%
2000	51.8%
1999	54.5%
1998	56%
1997	57.4%
1996	57.8%
1995	55.8%
1994	54.6%
1993	54%
1992	53%
1991	53.5%

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Release date

January 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1991 to 2022

Special properties

8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students

Supplementary notes

Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults. Each year, a total of approximately 50,000 8th, 10th and 12th grade students are surveyed (12th graders since 1975, and 8th and 10th graders since 1991).

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