The percentage of Americans who say they smoke marijuana has returned to the highest level ever recorded by Gallup, while cigarette smoking remains at a historic low.
According to Gallup’s latest Consumption Habits poll, 17% of U.S. adults say they smoke marijuana, tying the record set in 2023. The figure is up from 14% in 2025 and is more than double the 7% reported when Gallup first asked the question in 2013.
Another 15% of adults say they consume marijuana edibles, up from 12% in 2024 and 14% in 2022.
At the same time, cigarette use remains near its lowest level in Gallup’s decades of polling. Just 11% of adults reported smoking cigarettes during the past week, matching the record low reported in each of the previous two years. By comparison, 45% of Americans said they smoked cigarettes when Gallup measured a historic high in 1954.
Gallup also found that 9% of adults used e-cigarettes or vaped during the past week, while 4% reported using nicotine pouches such as Zyn.
Marijuana use continues to be considerably more common among younger adults. Gallup reported that 23% of adults ages 18 to 29 and 25% of those ages 30 to 49 smoke marijuana, compared with 10% of those ages 50 to 64 and 5% of adults 65 and older.
Americans remain nearly evenly divided over marijuana’s overall impact. Forty-seven percent said marijuana has a very or somewhat positive effect on most people who use it, while 46% said its effect is somewhat or very negative. Another 7% had no opinion.
The results come as marijuana legalization has expanded substantially across the country. Most states now allow marijuana for medical purposes, while nearly half allow recreational use for adults.
Gallup conducted the survey from July 1 through July 19 among a random sample of 1,200 adults living in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. The poll has a margin of sampling error of ±4 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
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