Youth cigarette use frequency U.S. 2021

This statistic depicts the percentage of current U.S. high school and middle school tobacco users that smoked cigarettes for a select number of days within the past 30 days in 2021. According to the data, among high school smokers, about 67 percent used cigarettes just 1-5 days within the past 30 days.

Proportion of U.S. middle and high school smokers that used cigarettes for a select number of days within the past 30 days in 2021

Number of days of use within the past 30 days	High school	Middle school
1-5 days	66.9%	68%
6-19 days	13.3%	14.8%
20-30 days	19.9%	17.2%

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Release date

March 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2021

Number of respondents

9,763 middle school students and 10,515 high school students

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Frequency of current use of e-cigarettes; cigarettes; cigars (cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars); chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip; snus; dissolvable tobacco products; pipe tobacco; hookahs; heated tobacco products; and nicotine pouches was determined by asking respondents on how many days they smoked or used each respective tobacco product during the past 30 days. Respondents could enter a valid response of 0–30 days. Responses were recoded as 1–5 days, 6–19 days, and 20–30 days.

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