Percent of Adults Who Use Smokeless Tobacco by Age and Sex, 2002-2018 | American Lung Association

Smokeless Tobacco
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	% Change 2002-2022
Total
18-25	4.8	4.7	4.9	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.4	6.1	6.4	5.4	5.5	5.8	5.6	5.4	5.2	4.8	4.4	5.0	3.9	3.0	2.5	-47.9
≥26	3.2	3.2	2.7	3.0	3.2	3.0	3.3	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.3	3.1	3.0	3.2	3.1	3.1	2.8	3.1	2.4	2.9	2.4	-25.0
Male
18-25	9.4	8.9	9.5	9.7	9.9	9.9	10.3	11.4	11.9	10.3	10.5	10.8	10.7	10.0	9.6	8.8	7.4	8.6	6.9	4.7	4.1	-56.4
≥26	6.3	6.0	5.3	5.8	6.3	5.9	6.5	6.2	6.2	5.8	6.5	6.1	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.0	5.4	5.8	4.5	5.4	4.6	-27.0
Female
18-25	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.7	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.3	0.9	200.0
≥26	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.4	-20.0

Sources:
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Office of Applied Studies. National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002-2022.

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* Current use ( within last month).
† Any tobacco refers to cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco (or chewing tobacco and snuff), and vaping nicotine for 2020-2022.

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