This statistic depicts the percentage of current U.S. high school and middle school tobacco users that smoked cigarettes for a select number of days within the past 30 days in 2021. According to the data, among high school smokers, about 67 percent used cigarettes just 1-5 days within the past 30 days.
Proportion of U.S. middle and high school smokers that used cigarettes for a select number of days within the past 30 days in 2021
9,763 middle school students and 10,515 high school students
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Frequency of current use of e-cigarettes; cigarettes; cigars (cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars); chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip; snus; dissolvable tobacco products; pipe
tobacco; hookahs; heated tobacco products; and nicotine pouches was determined by asking respondents on how many days they smoked or used each respective
tobacco product during the past 30 days. Respondents could enter a valid response of 0–30 days. Responses were recoded as 1–5 days, 6–19 days, and 20–30 days.
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