Seventeen percent of Americans say they smoke marijuana, tying Gallup’s record high, while cigarette smoking matches its record low of 11%. Vaping is steady at 9%, and 4% of U.S. adults say they use nicotine pouches.

The 17% of U.S. adults who report smoking marijuana is more than double the 7% in 2013, when Gallup first measured the behavior using this question. The latest reading ties the record high from 2023. Separately, 15% of U.S. adults now say they consume marijuana edibles. The two previous readings on this question were 14% in 2022 and 12% in 2024.

Adults under 50 are the most likely age group to report smoking marijuana, including 23% of those aged 18 to 29 and 25% of those aged 30 to 49. The rate drops sharply among older Americans, to 10% of those aged 50 to 64 and 5% of those aged 65 and older. Edible use follows the same age pattern, though it is somewhat less pronounced.



These findings are from the July 1-19 update of Gallup’s annual Consumption Habits poll, which also finds that 54% of U.S. adults say they drink alcoholic beverages.

The U.S. has seen a rise in cases of cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, a nausea condition caused by heavy marijuana use. This is largely in part due to the condition getting its own diagnosis code last fall, which is providing a more accurate picture of what was an underrecognized problem, the authors of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report wrote.

Hospital emergency room diagnoses of the condition, cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, rose 16% from last October to May of this year, federal researchers found. Past research has suggested that an estimated 2.75 million Americans suffer from it each year, and that hospital emergency room visits have been rising as daily recreational marijuana use has increased.

The largest increases were seen in people aged 15 to 24, in teenage girls and women, and in Black Americans and in American Indian and Alaska Natives. The findings suggest a need to raise awareness about the syndrome, particularly in teens and young adults, and suggests a need for more research, including into how newer high-potency THC and hemp-derived products — some of which come in the form of vapes, drinks and gummies — are being used by, and affecting, younger Americans.

Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams warns sports betting is addicting young men and could rival the opioid crisis in public health damage.

“Sports betting is the new opioid crisis. Our kids, especially our boys, are getting exposed and hooked early. And it’s ruining lives as surely as turning a blind eye to prescription opioids did,” Adams wrote on X, the social media platform, in response to a post highlighting the industry’s growth.

Adams also claimed that “gambling is the addiction most likely to lead to suicide.”, and a 2024 Rutgers University study found that 28 percent of problem gamblers reported suicidal ideation and 20 percent had attempted suicide. More than one in four said they had engaged in non-suicidal self-injury.

Behavioral health experts say alcohol use disorder and opioid addiction remain the substance use disorders most frequently cited in suicide deaths and attempts. Gambling addiction, however, is associated with some of the highest rates of suicidal ideation among all addictions. Adams' post focused on awareness, urging the public not to repeat the mistakes made during the early years of the opioid crisis, when warning signs were dismissed until the damage was widespread.