28 percent of smokers live in these 12 states, even though they comprise only 21 percent of the U.S. population

Despite this, one in five report using cigarettes daily

Retailers and smokers will start to see these new messages on cigarette packaging by the end of April 2024

Smoking bans, increased prices, and a lack of social acceptability are among reasons for the decline in traditional tobacco use

However, early electronic cigarette quitters plus stable cigarette use was the most common trajectory in 41.6 percent of participants

Higher risks for death, mechanical ventilation, and major cardiovascular event all independent of sociodemographic factors and medical history

Addition of menthol to cigarettes also increases nicotine dependence in youth

Prevalence of smoking decreased for U.S. adults with major depressive episode, substance use disorder, or both between 2006 and 2019

Triple users have elevated risk profiles on levels of psychosocial variables compared with other groups

Likelihood of using substances up when youth were stressed by pandemic-related uncertainty, family experienced material hardship