The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its latest national smoking statistics last Tuesday, and tobacco use among both teens and adults has plummeted to record lows.  The data flies in the face of multiple statements by officials of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) who claim that vaping is a gateway to smoking. 

According to the CDC press release, around 16 percent of adults (over the age of 18) were regular smokers in 2016.  A year later, the percentage had dropped to 13.9 percent.  Teenagers are also showing tremendous progress with only 9 percent of high school students reported to be regular smokers.  That’s the lowest number in recorded history.  And what’s more, even the regular smokers are smoking less cigarettes on a daily basis.

“Among daily smokers, the average number of cigarettes smoked per day declined from about 17 cigarettes in 2005 to 14 cigarettes in 2016. The proportion of daily smokers who smoked 20 to 29 cigarettes per day dropped from 34.9 percent in 2005 to 28.4 percent in 2016, while the proportion who smoked fewer than 10 cigarettes per day rose from 16.4 percent in 2005 to 25 percent in 2016.”

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