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20-Year Trends in Tobacco Sales and Self-Reported Tobacco Use in the United States, 2000–2020
CME ACTIVITY — Volume 19 — July 28, 2022
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Figure 1.
Trends in total sales and self-reported ever and current adult cigarette smoking during 2000–2020, US. Self-reported data on use of tobacco products obtained from the 2002–2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (16). Data on sales of cigarettes during 2000–2020 obtained from the US Department of the Treasury (17).
| Year | Unit sales for cigarettes, billions of sticks | Self-reported current cigarette smoking, % | Self-reported ever cigarette smoking, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 422.5 | Data not available | Data not available |
| 2001 | 412.1 | Data not available | Data not available |
| 2002 | 395.2 | 27.5 | 73.4 |
| 2003 | 376.7 | 26.9 | 73.1 |
| 2004 | 375.6 | 26.6 | 71.9 |
| 2005 | 363.0 | 26.8 | 70.9 |
| 2006 | 364.6 | 26.7 | 70.8 |
| 2007 | 348.4 | 25.8 | 70.0 |
| 2008 | 335.4 | 25.5 | 69.8 |
| 2009 | 308.7 | 25.1 | 69.4 |
| 2010 | 292.8 | 24.6 | 68.9 |
| 2011 | 286.4 | 23.6 | 67.4 |
| 2012 | 280.1 | 23.8 | 66.6 |
| 2013 | 266.1 | 22.8 | 66.7 |
| 2014 | 254.5 | 22.7 | 66.1 |
| 2015 | 259.7 | 21.0 | 62.8 |
| 2016 | 249.8 | 20.7 | 62.2 |
| 2017 | 239.3 | 19.4 | 61.8 |
| 2018 | 226.9 | 18.8 | 60.3 |
| 2019 | 213.4 | 18.2 | 59.5 |
| 2020 | 215.9 | Data not available | Data not available |
Figure 2.
Trends in self-reported current and ever use of cigars (large and little) and cigar unit sales (large and little) during the 20-year period 2000–2020, US. Self-reported data on use of tobacco products obtained from the 2002–2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (16). Data on sales of cigars during 2000–2020 obtained from the Department of the Treasury (17).
| Year | Self-reported current cigar use (large or little), % | Self-reported ever cigar use (large or little), % | Little cigar unit sales, billions of sticks | Large cigar unit sales, billions of sticks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | — | — | 2.3 | 3.4 |
| 2001 | — | — | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2002 | 5.4 | 40.0 | 2.2 | 3.7 |
| 2003 | 5.5 | 39.6 | 2.3 | 4.0 |
| 2004 | 5.9 | 39.0 | 2.7 | 4.3 |
| 2005 | 5.8 | 38.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 2006 | 5.8 | 38.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 2007 | 5.5 | 38.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 2008 | 5.6 | 38.6 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| 2009 | 5.4 | 38.5 | 2.2 | 8.0 |
| 2010 | 5.5 | 37.4 | 0.9 | 10.0 |
| 2011 | 5.1 | 36.9 | 0.8 | 10.0 |
| 2012 | 5.6 | 36.6 | 0.7 | 9.5 |
| 2013 | 5.0 | 37.0 | 0.6 | 7.8 |
| 2014 | 4.8 | 36.9 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| 2015 | 4.9 | 35.3 | 0.5 | 5.8 |
| 2016 | 4.8 | 34.5 | 0.5 | 5.1 |
| 2017 | 4.9 | 34.4 | 0.4 | 5.2 |
| 2018 | 4.7 | 34.2 | 0.4 | 5.0 |
| 2019 | 4.6 | 33.8 | 0.2 | 4.7 |
| 2020 | — | — | 0.2 | 4.4 |
Figure 3.
Trends in unit sales for moist snuff, chewing tobacco, scotch/dry snuff, and snus and self-reported current use or ever use of smokeless tobacco (snuff, dip, chewing tobacco, or snus) during the 20-year period 2000–2020, US. Self-reported data on use of tobacco products obtained from the 2002–2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (16). Data on sales of smokeless tobacco products obtained from the US Federal Trade Commission for the period 2000–2019 (18).
| Year | Unit sales for moist snuff, millions of pounds | Unit sales for chewing tobacco, millions of pounds | Unit sales for scotch/dry snuff, millions of pounds | Unit sales for snus, millions of pounds | Self-reported current smokeless tobacco use (snuff, dip, chewing tobacco, or snus), % | Self-reported ever smokeless tobacco use (snuff, dip, chewing tobacco, or snus), % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 61.4 | 46.8 | 3.5 | 0 | Data not available | Data not available |
| 2001 | 63.9 | 44.9 | 3.4 | 0 | Data not available | Data not available |
| 2002 | 66.12 | 42.9 | 3.1 | 0 | 3.5 | 21.2 |
| 2003 | 68.9 | 41.1 | 2.9 | 0 | 3.3 | 20.7 |
| 2004 | 73.1 | 41.1 | 2.7 | 0 | 3.1 | 19.7 |
| 2005 | 75.7 | 38.1 | 2.4 | 0 | 3.4 | 19.7 |
| 2006 | 77.4 | 36.2 | 2.2 | 0 | 3.5 | 19.8 |
| 2007 | 82.2 | 34.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 3.4 | 19.3 |
| 2008 | 84.0 | 31.4 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 19.8 |
| 2009 | 87.6 | 28.0 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 18.9 |
| 2010 | 92.6 | 25.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 18.9 |
| 2011 | 96.6 | 23.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 19.0 |
| 2012 | 100.7 | 22.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 18.9 |
| 2013 | 104.5 | 21.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 19.0 |
| 2014 | 105.7 | 19.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 18.1 |
| 2015 | 108.4 | 18.6 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 17.4 |
| 2016 | 111.5 | 17.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 17.3 |
| 2017 | 111.9 | 16.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 3.37 | 17.3 |
| 2018 | 110.3 | 15.7 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 16.6 |
| 2019 | 108.5 | 15.0 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 16.6 |
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