Tag: Gallup

  • Gallup: Fewer Young Americans Smoking Cigarettes

    Gallup: Fewer Young Americans Smoking Cigarettes

    A man's hand with a cigarette and a woman's hand holding an e-cigarette

    The smoking rate among young Americans has fallen from 35 percent to 12 percent over the past 20 years, reports The Hill, citing to a new Gallup poll.

    Data shows that the decline among those aged 18 to 29 was more than double any other age group measured, meaning young adults are the second least likely group to smoke following those aged 65 and older.

    Between 2001 and 2012, the rate of young adult smokers was higher than any other age group.

    Between 2019 and 2022, 7 percent of U.S. adults reported smoking e-cigarettes, and 19 percent of young adults reported e-cigarette use.

    “Given these differences, young adults are more likely to vape than to smoke cigarettes while among older age groups, cigarette smoking prevails,” the report states.

    It is unclear how e-cigarette use has grown in this age group in recent years as Gallup only started polling e-cigarette use in 2019. Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows an increase in youth e-cigarette use between 2011 and 2018, however.

    “These data suggest that much of the decline in cigarette smoking among young adults may have been offset by vaping, indicating that young adults are still smoking products containing nicotine but through different means,” the Gallup report states.

  • Gallup Poll Claims U.S. Wants Stricter Vape Rules

    Gallup Poll Claims U.S. Wants Stricter Vape Rules

    Credit: Andrey Popov

    Six in 10 Americans would like the laws and regulations dealing with electronic cigarettes to be stricter, a view shared by majorities of men, women and all age groups, according to a new poll from Gallup.

    Views on e-cigarettes are also bipartisan, with more than half of Republicans, independents and Democrats wanting stricter laws.

    The latest findings, from Gallup’s annual Consumption survey, conducted July 5-26, come after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted in June to ban the sale of a popular brand of e-cigarettes.

    That decision is now under appeal.

    The 61 percent of Americans currently in favor of stricter e-cigarette laws is slightly more than the 54 percent who held this view last year but similar to the 64 percent recorded in 2019.

    Across all years, few adults have said the laws for e-cigarettes should be less strict, including 7 percent holding this position today.

    The poll also found that a majority of Americans favor taking nicotine, but not menthol, out of cigarettes.