No Smoking: Breathing Space for All - Breathing Space Blog

Percentage of the U.S. adult population who smoke based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention :

• 1965: 42.4%

• 1970: 37.4%
• 1974: 37.1%

• 1980: 33.2%
• 1985: 30.1%
• 1990: 25.5%

• 1995: 24.7%
• 2001: 22.8%
• 2004: 20.9%