More Americans Are Now Smoking Marijuana Than Ever Before As Cigarettes Hit All-Time Low, Gallup Poll Shows

A record-high number of U.S. adults now smoke marijuana, while cigarette smoking is at an all-time low, according to a new Gallup poll.

The survey, published on Monday, shows that 17 percent of Americans over the age of 18 now smoke cannabis—more than double the 7 percent who said they smoke marijuana when Gallup first asked about the issue in 2013.

Separately, 15 percent of American adults consume marijuana edibles, the poll found.

In contrast, just 11 percent of U.S. adults said they smoked tobacco cigarettes within the past week. Nine percent said they vaped nicotine within the past seven days, while 4 percent used nicotine pouches.

When it comes to cannabis, Gallup said the poll found that “Americans are about evenly split on marijuana’s effect on most users”—with 47 percent saying it has an either very of somewhat positive effect and 46 percent saying its impact is very or somewhat negative.

Adults between the ages of 30 and 49 are the most likely to smoke marijuana, with a quarter (25 percent) saying they do so. Among those between the ages of 18 and 29, 23 percent smoke cannabis.

While men are more likely than women to smoke marijuana, the reverse is true when it comes to consuming cannabis edibles.

Last year, a separate Gallup poll found that a majority of Americans remain in favor of legalizing marijuana but that support saw a slight dip from 2024—a trend that’s been “driven by Republicans” who are turning against the reform.

Overall, 64 percent of Americans back ending cannabis prohibition, the survey showed—4 percentage points lower than Gallup’s prior year results. Republican support for legalization fell 13 percentage points—down to 40 percent—which is “the lowest level of support for legalization among this group in a decade,” Gallup said.

Meanwhile, the most recent Gallup survey is the latest indication that more American adultss are taking up marijuana as an alternative to cigarettes and, in some case, alcohol.

An analysis of federal National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data published last year showed that more Americans now use marijuana than smoke cigarettes amid shifting perceptions of harm of the two substances.

Last month, new NSDUH data showed Americans are now more likely to use marijuana nearly every day than they are to smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol on a daily basis.

Gallup, for its part, has also previously published results in the finding that American adults are more likely to smoke marijuana than tobacco cigarettes.

A study released this month found that people who consume cannabis-infused THC beverages end up drinking less alcohol.

Despite the overall rise in marijuana use among adults, teen use of cannabis is now lower than before states started legalizing it—despite the fears of opponents of the reform.

The 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), released last month, shows that 8.7 percent of people between the ages of 12 and 17 used marijuana within the past year. That’s down from 14.2 percent in 2011, the year before the first U.S. states legalized recreational cannabis.