The amount of US adults who smoke cigarettes declinedfrom 20.9% in 2005 to 14% in 2019, almost a 7% drop. This can be attributed to the years of coordinated public health education and successful media campaigns.
Through the years, as greater general awareness of smoking's negative effects have permeated society, and federal and state regulations have been put in place, employers have implemented their own smoking policies, many of which ban smoking in the workplace altogether.
