Cigarette use 30-day prevalence among U.S. students 2021

This statistic shows the 30-day prevalence rate of cigarette use amongst teens in grades 8, 10, and 12 combined, from 1991 to 2021. Some 2.3 percent of all respondents in grades 8, 10, and 12 as of 2021, stated that they had used cigarettes within the previous 30 days as of the time of the survey.

30-day prevalence of cigarettes use for grades 8, 10, and 12 combined from 1991 to 2021

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents who had smoked in last 30 days
2021	2.3%
2020	4.2%
2019	3.7%
2018	4.6%
2017	5.4%
2016	5.9%
2015	7%
2014	8%
2013	9.6%
2012	10.6%
2011	11.7%
2010	12.8%
2009	12.7%
2008	12.6%
2007	13.6%
2006	14.4%
2005	15.3%
2004	16.1%
2003	16.6%
2002	17.7%
2001	20.2%
2000	22.6%
1999	25.2%
1998	27%
1997	28.3%
1996	28.3%
1995	26.6%
1994	24.7%
1993	23.4%
1992*	21.2%
1991	20.7%

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Release date

January 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1991 to 2021

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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