CDC: Cigarette Smoking Continues Decline, Prevalence of Other Tobacco Use Stable
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, cigarette smoking has declined over the past five years but other forms of tobacco use have not. The CDC reported that 21.3 percent (one out of five) of U.S. adults use tobacco products "every day" or "some days". That statistic was increased to 25.2 percent (one out of four) when including the modifier "rarely". The data was reported from the 2012-2013 National Adult Tobacco Survey.
The "every day" or "some day" cigarette smoking was 18 percent, down from 19.5 percent that was reported during the 2009-2010 National Adult Tobacco Survey.
That being said, the CDC reported no change in the use of other tobacco products. The statistics were as follows: cigars, 2 percent; regular pipes, 0.3 percent; hookahs/water pipes, 0.5 percent; e-cigarettes, 1.9 percent; smokeless tobacco, 2.6 percent.
January 2014 marked the 50th anniversary of the first Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health that reported an overwhelming majority of deaths caused by tobacco are due to cigarettes and other combusted products. The decline of adult cigarette use is promising but the continuity of other tobacco products is still a cause for concern.
R. Eric Emery, DDS
Morgan A. Emery, DDS
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