"Among people aged 12 or older in 2023, 22.7 percent (or 64.4 million people) used tobacco products or vaped nicotine in the past month (Figure 2 and Table A.1B). The percentage of people who used tobacco products or vaped nicotine in the past month was highest among young adults aged 18 to 25 (30.0 percent or 10.2 million people), followed by adults aged 26 or older (23.4 percent or 52.3 million people), then by adolescents aged 12 to 17 (7.4 percent or 1.9 million people).
"Among current nicotine product users in 2023, the use of specific nicotine products varied by age group. An estimated 74.9 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 who used nicotine products in the past month only vaped nicotine products compared with 47.6 percent of young adults aged 18 to 25 and only 15.7 percent of adults aged 26 or older who used nicotine products in the past month (Figure 3 and Table A.2B). In contrast, 68.2 percent of adults aged 26 or older who used nicotine products in the past month used only tobacco products compared with 19.6 percent of young adults aged 18 to 25 and 8.6 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 who used nicotine products in the past month."
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2024). Key substance use and mental health indicators in the United States: Results from the 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (HHS Publication No. PEP24-07-021, NSDUH Series H-59). Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
