WASHINGTON, D.C. — As of July 2025, 8% of Americans report having smoked e-cigarettes or "vaped" in the past week, consistent with the rate Gallup has recorded between 2019 and 2024, which ranged from 6% to 8%.
With the continued drop in the percentage of Americans who report smoking cigarettes (11%), nearly as many U.S. adults now use e-cigarettes as smoke cigarettes.
Men and women are about equally likely to report using e-cigarettes, and differences between education and income groups are small. But vaping is more popular among some demographic subgroups than others. According to aggregated data from 2024 and 2025:
- Young adults (those aged 18 to 34) are much more likely to report using e-cigarettes/vaping (15%) than are adults aged 55 and older (2%).
- Just under one in 10 Americans with no or some college education (9%) report having smoked e-cigarettes in the past week. That compares with 6% of college graduates and 3% of postgraduates.
- Vaping is more common among Americans who report having smoked cigarettes in the past week (22%) than among those who have not (6%).
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