This statistic shows the results of a 2015 survey among adult non-smokers on whether they had ever smoked cigarettes on a regular basis. 26 percent of respondents stated they had been smoking cigarettes on a regular basis before.
Non-smokers: Did you, yourself, ever smoke cigarettes on a regular basis?
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Statistics on Smoking in the U.S.
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Number of adult smokers in the United States 1965-2020
- Premium Statistic Percentage of U.S. cigarette smokers 1965-2019
- Premium Statistic Persons who were current cigarette smokers 1997-2019, by gender
- Basic Statistic U.S. adult tobacco product use in 2020, by gender
- Basic Statistic U.S. smoking prevalence among adults by ethnicity 2020
- Basic Statistic Percentage of U.S. college students reporting tobacco use as of fall 2021, by product
- Basic Statistic Share of elderly U.S. adults who smoked 2013-2020
- Basic Statistic Percentage of adults in the U.S. who smoke as of 2021, by state
Adolescent smokers
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- Basic Statistic Lifetime prevalence of cigarette use for grades 8, 10, and 12 in the U.S. 1991-2021
- Basic Statistic 30-day prevalence of cigarette use for grades 8, 10, and 12 in the U.S. 1991-2021
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. high school students who used tobacco products 2022, by product
- Premium Statistic Share of U.S. high school students who used select tobacco products 2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Share of U.S. high school students who used select tobacco products 2022 by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. middle school students who used tobacco products 2022, by product
- Premium Statistic Share of U.S. middle school students who used tobacco products 2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Share of U.S. middle school students who used tobacco products 2022, by ethnicity
Health issues
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- Basic Statistic Leading beliefs about cancer risk factors among U.S. adults as of 2020
- Basic Statistic Ways in which U.S. adults reduced their risk of cancer as of 2020
- Basic Statistic Increased health risks through smoking in the U.S. 2014
- Premium Statistic Share of cancer deaths due to smoking among U.S. adults 2014, by type
- Basic Statistic U.S. rate of new tobacco-associated cancers 2015-2019, by cancer type
- Premium Statistic U.S. rate of new tobacco-associated cancers 2015-2019, by age
- Basic Statistic U.S. rate of new tobacco-associated cancers 2015-2019, by race and ethnicity
- Basic Statistic U.S. rate of new tobacco-associated cancers 2015-2019, by state
Special: Lung cancer
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- Basic Statistic Number of lung and bronchus cancer deaths in U.S. from 1999-2019
- Premium Statistic Number of new U.S. lung and bronchus cancer cases and deaths in 2023, by gender
- Basic Statistic Number of new lung and bronchus cancer cases in the U.S. in 2023, by state
- Basic Statistic Number of lung and bronchus cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2023, by state
- Basic Statistic Likelihood of developing lung and bronchus cancer U.S. 2017-2019, by age and gender
- Premium Statistic Lung and bronchus cancer 5-year survival rates in the U.S. 2012-2018, by stage
Miscellaneous
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- Premium Statistic U.S. spending on tobacco control and health costs versus tobacco revenues 2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. adult tobacco product use in 2020, by feelings of depression
- Basic Statistic U.S. adult tobacco product use in 2020, by feelings of anxiety
- Premium Statistic U.S. veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan tobacco use frequency as of 2021
- Premium Statistic Methods used to quit smoking in the last 12 months in the U.S. 2020
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. employers that offered select wellness programs in 2020
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- Cigarette smoking status of Russians in 2018, by area
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- U.S. students who smoke cigarettes, by gender and ethnicity 2017
- Smokers who consider themselves addicted 2013
- Preferred brands of cigarettes in the U.S. 2011-2020
- Cigarettes smoked each day on average in the U.S. 2011-2020
- China's share in the global e-cigarette industry 2019
- Children: cigarettes smoked by occasional smokers in England 2003-18, by gender
- Most smoked types of cigarettes in the U.S. 2020
- Smoking of cigarettes in the U.S. 2020
- U.S. high school students who smoked before age of 13, by gender and ethnicity 2017
- E-cigarette market size in China 2018-2022, by product category
- E-cigarette profit share in China 2019, by supply chain player
- Adult smoking prevalence rate in China 2000-2020
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Gallup. (October 2, 2015). Non-smokers: Did you, yourself, ever smoke cigarettes on a regular basis? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 31, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/261207/survey-among-non-smokers-on-smoking/
Gallup. "Non-smokers: Did you, yourself, ever smoke cigarettes on a regular basis? ." Chart. October 2, 2015. Statista. Accessed March 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/261207/survey-among-non-smokers-on-smoking/
Gallup. (2015). Non-smokers: Did you, yourself, ever smoke cigarettes on a regular basis? . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/261207/survey-among-non-smokers-on-smoking/
Gallup. "Non-smokers: Did You, Yourself, Ever Smoke Cigarettes on a Regular Basis? ." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Oct 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/261207/survey-among-non-smokers-on-smoking/
Gallup, Non-smokers: Did you, yourself, ever smoke cigarettes on a regular basis? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/261207/survey-among-non-smokers-on-smoking/ (last visited March 31, 2023)
Non-smokers: Did you, yourself, ever smoke cigarettes on a regular basis? [Graph], Gallup, October 2, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/261207/survey-among-non-smokers-on-smoking/