Who smokes cigarettes?

Adults

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that about 43.8 million US adults were cigarette smokers in 2011 (the most recent year for which numbers are available). This is 19% of all adults (21.6% of men, 16.5% of women) − about 1 out of 5 people.

When broken down by race/ethnicity, the numbers were as follows:

Whites	20.6%
African Americans		19.4%
Hispanics		12.9%
American Indians/Alaska Natives		31.5%
Asian Americans		9.9%
Multi-racial people		27.4%

There were more cigarette smokers in the younger age groups. In 2011, the CDC reported 22.1% of people 25 to 44 years old were current smokers, compared with 7.9% of those aged 65 or older.

Source:http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/cigarettesmoking/cigarette-smoking-who-and-how-affects-health