U.S. Smoking Rate Falls To Historic Low [Infographic]

Between the 1940s and the 1970s, the U.S. smoking rate remained relatively stable with about two in five adults saying they smoked a cigarette in the past week. It reached a peak of 45 percent in 1954 and despite the federal government issuing reports about the health hazards caused by smoking in the 1960s, it was still 43 percent in 1972. Progress was made in the late 1970s with the smoking rate falling to 36 percent in 1977. It finally dropped below 30 percent in 1989.

A Gallup poll has now revealed that the smoking rate has fallen to 16 percent, the lowest level on record since the question was first asked in 1944. Public smoking bans in many U.S. cities and states contributed to recent momentum in kicking the habit with rates among younger people declining dramatically since the turn of the century. In the early 2000s, 34 percent of Americans aged 18-29 said they smoked a cigarette in the past week and by 2018, that had fallen by more than half to 15 percent.
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