54 cigarettes per adult per year
cigarettes per adult (≥18 years) per year
No current source auditAll sources · source collection
Surveillance for Selected Tobacco-Use Behaviors -- United States, 1900-1994
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) · 1994
Population measured
U.S. adults ≥18 years (NHIS) and total U.S. cigarette consumption (USDA)
Source notes & limitations
MMWR Surveillance Summary Vol. 43 No. SS-3. Table 1: per capita cigarette consumption 1900-1994 from USDA Economic Research Service (based on BATF tax data, imports, Census population). Table 2: adult smoking prevalence 1965-1991 from NHIS. Per capita = cigarettes per adult ≥18 per year.
Where this source appears
10 records across 10 decades and countries. Documented gaps are included; a source cited for a gap does not establish a value.
0 of 10 records have a current source audit. A transcription check reads a declared numeric field from a pinned local source file; a calculation replay reads its operands and applies the declared method and rounding rule. A source audit does not independently validate the source or every claim in a record. The date is the last successful local audit; the build checks that its bindings still match.
US · 1900s
US · 1910s
151 cigarettes per adult per year
cigarettes per adult (≥18 years) per year
No current source auditUS · 1920s
665 cigarettes per adult per year
cigarettes per adult (≥18 years) per year
No current source auditUS · 1930s
1,485 cigarettes per adult per year
cigarettes per adult (≥18 years) per year
No current source auditUS · 1940s
1,976 cigarettes per adult per year
cigarettes per adult (≥18 years) per year
No current source auditUS · 1950s
3,552 cigarettes per adult per year
cigarettes per adult (≥18 years) per year
No current source auditUS · 1960s
4,345 cigarettes per adult per year (1963 peak)
cigarettes per adult (≥18 years) per year
No current source auditUS · 1970s
3,985 cigarettes per adult per year
cigarettes per adult (≥18 years) per year
No current source auditUS · 1980s
3,849 cigarettes per adult per year
cigarettes per adult (≥18 years) per year
No current source auditUS · 1990s
2,817 cigarettes per adult per year
cigarettes per adult (≥18 years) per year
No current source audit