Findings of Nat. Adult Tobacco Survey

Current tobacco use among adults in the United States: Findings from the National Adult Tobacco Survey
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Data from a national tobacco survey indicate that tobacco use is still prevalent among adults in the United States. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assessed the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of tobacco use among adults ages 18 and older in the U.S by analyzing data from the 2009-2010 National Adult Tobacco Survey. Nationally, 25.2% of the participants used any form of tobacco.

With regard to type of tobacco used, 19.5% of respondents were cigarette smokers, 6.6% used cigars, cigarillos, or small cigars, 3.4% were chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip users, and very few used either water pipes (1.5%) or pipes (1.1%). Tobacco use was more prevalent among respondents who were male, younger, less educated, less wealthy, of non-Hispanic “other” race/ethnicity, or lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). Tobacco is still widely used by adults in the U.S., and evidence-based cessation strategies are needed to reduce the burden of health and economic disparities attributed to tobacco use.

Read the study abstract published in the American Journal of Public Health. Click here to read the statement released by The Network for LGBT Health Equity at the Fenway Institute on how this study sheds light on tobacco use in the LGBT community.