Tobacco Truth: Astounding Smoking & Vaping Statistics in New CDC Data In 1980, roughly a third of American adults still smoked. Now here's a figure from 2024: 9.9 percent. That's the share of American adults who smoke cigarettes, according to data from the Regulating the Tobacco and Nicotine Market in the American Public Interest: A Reform Agenda for the FDA American Enterprise Institute AEI 49 Vaping Statistics (How Many People Vape?) Landing Percent of adults who currently use e cigarettes some days or every day by Total State Health Access Data Assistance Center