Adult Tobacco Consumption Trends in the United States, 2000-Present

This dataset tracks total and per capita consumption of combustible and smokeless tobacco products among U.S. adults from 2000 to the present. It was last updated in April-May 2024 and is associated with a CDC MMWR report. The data includes measures for cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco, chewing tobacco, and snuff.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in per capita consumption of specific tobacco products like cigarettes or cigars using the 'Total Per Capita', 'Domestic Per Capita', and 'Imports Per Capita' columns.
• Model the relationship between total consumption ('Total') and population size ('Population') for different years ('Year') and locations ('LocationDesc').
• Compare consumption patterns between combustible ('Combustibles') and smokeless ('Smokeless') tobacco categories using the 'Measure' and 'Submeasure' columns.
• Investigate the proportion of domestic versus imported tobacco consumption using the 'Domestic' and 'Imports' columns across states ('LocationAbbr').

Strengths

• Provides a time series spanning over two decades (2000 to present), enabling longitudinal trend analysis.
• Contains detailed breakdowns of consumption by product type (e.g., cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco) and source (domestic vs. imports).
• Includes both aggregate totals and per capita calculations, allowing for population-adjusted comparisons.

Limitations

• The exact row count and dataset size are not specified by any source, making the scale unclear.
• There is a conflict in license information: one platform lists 'other-license-specified' while another lists 'None', requiring verification before use.
• Data is limited to the United States, with no international comparisons.

Provenance

Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

Collection Method

Data compilation and reporting by the CDC, likely from industry and tax data.

Time Range

2000 to Present

Freshness

Last updated on 2024-05-01 (datagov) and 2024-04-30 (socrata).

Geography

United States, with state-level detail ('LocationDesc').