Welcome to the Utah tobacco data dashboard

• Current cigarette smoking declined by 43.1% since 2012 and reached a historic low of 5.8% in 2024.

• Utahns aged 35-44 (6.9%), 45-54 (6.9%), 55-64 (6.8%) reported the highest percentage of current cigarette smoking. Utahns aged 18–24 (4.3%) and 65+ (4.5%) reported the lowest percent of cigarette smoking.

• Utah adults who reported they had less than a high school education had the highest percentage of current cigarette smoking at 15.8%. Utahns who reported some post high school education (6.0%) and college graduates (1.5%) were less likely to smoke cigarettes.

Note: * The estimates for Asian and Pacific Islander have a coefficient of variation > 30% and are therefore deemed unreliable by Utah Department of Health and Human Services standards. Use caution in interpreting these estimates. Hispanic/Latino/a (ethnicity) is not mutually exclusive of other categories (race).

• Among racial/ethnic groups, people who identified as Black/African American reported the highest cigarette smoking (13.2%) compared to Utah overall.
• Among racial/ethnic groups, people who identified as American Indian/Alaska Native reported above average cigarette smoking (12.6%) compared to Utah overall.

• At 6.8%, men were more likely to report current smoking than women (4.8%).

Note: Gay, lesbian, or bisexual also includes the response categories of 'other' and 'not sure.

• 8.5% of adults who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual were more likely to report smoking compared to the state average.

• Utah adults reporting a household income of $0-$24,999 had the highest percentage of current smoking at 15.4%, followed by adults reporting an income of $25,000-$49,999.
• Utahns reporting a household income of $75,000 or more had the lowest percentage of current smoking at 3.5%.

Note: Insurance categories are not mutually exclusive.

• Utah adults enrolled in Medicaid had the highest percentage of current smoking at 17.7%.
• 11.8% of Utah adults who were unable to get needed healthcare due to cost, reported current cigarette smoking.
• At 11.7%, Utah adults without health insurance were more likely to smoke cigarettes than Utah adults with health insurance (5.2%).

• In 2024, Utahns reporting one or more disabilities had a percentage of current smoking of 9.8%, compared to Utah overall of 5.8%.

• In 2024, cigarette smoking was 14.4% among Utah adults who reported binge drinking. The cigarette smoking was 4.7% for those who did not report binge drinking.
• Binge drinking is defined as the consumption of 5+ alcoholic drinks of any kind on an occasion for men and 4+ alcoholic drinks of any kind on an occasion for women.

• The Utah Healthy Places Index (HPI) maps data on social conditions that drive health—like education, job opportunities, clean air, and other indicators that are positively associated with life expectancy at birth.
• People who live in neighborhoods with healthier community conditions are less likely to smoke cigarettes than people who live in neighborhoods with less healthy community conditions (9.1%).

• Use of vape products (or electronic cigarettes) increased from 2.0% in 2012 to 7.2% in 2022. In 2024, 6.5% of Utah adults reported current vaping.

• Utahns aged 18-24 reported the highest percentage of current vape product use at 12.6%.
• Vape product use declined with increasing age. The lowest use was reported by Utahns aged 65 and older (0.7%).

• Utahns with a high school education or GED reported the highest current vape product use at 9.7%.
• Vape product use declined with increasing educational attainment. Utahns with college degrees reported the lowest vape product use (2.3%).

Note: * The estimate for Black or African American has a coefficient of variation > 30%, and is therefore deemed unreliable by Utah Department of Health and Human Services standards. Use caution in interpreting this estimate. Hispanic/Latino/a (ethnicity) is not mutually exclusive of other categories (race).

• Among racial/ethnic groups, vape product use was highest for Utah adults who identified as Pacific Islander (11.3%), or American Indian/Alaska Native (10.2%), and lowest among those who identified as Hispanic/Latino/a (6.1%) or Asian (6.2%).

• At 7.0%, men reported higher vape product use than women (6.0%).

Note: 'Gay, lesbian, or bisexual' also includes the response categories of 'other' and 'not sure.'

• Utahns who identified as gay, lesbian, or bisexual reported the highest use of vape product use at 10.2% compared to Utah overall.

• Utah adult vape product use was comparable for all income groups below $75,000.
• Utahns reporting an income of $75,000 or more had the lowest percentage of current vaping at 5.8%.

Note: Insurance categories are not mutually exclusive.

• Utah adults who were unable to get needed care due to cost reported the highest vape product use at 12.2%.
• Utahns with health insurance reported the lowest vape product use at 5.4%.

Note: Binge drinking is defined as 5 or more drinks for men and 4 or more drinks for women consumed on one occasion.

• At 14.4%, Utah adults who reported binge drinking were more likely to use vape products than Utahns overall.

• The Utah Healthy Places Index (HPI) maps data on social conditions that drive health—like education, job opportunities, clean air, and other indicators that are positively associated with life expectancy at birth.
• Utahns that live in HPI quartile 1 reported the highest percent of smoking at 8.2%.

• Youth cigarette smoking has decreased by 85% since 2013. In 2025, 0.6% of Utah youth reported they smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days.
• Utah's overall cigarette smoking rate for students in grades 8, 10, and 12 is at a historic low of 0.6%.

• Youth in older grades are more likely to smoke than younger students.

Note: *The estimates for Black/African American and Pacific Islander have a coefficient of variation > 30% and are deemed unreliable by Utah Department of Health and Human Services standards. Use caution in interpreting these estimates. Hispanic/Latino/a (ethnicity) is not mutually exclusive of other categories (race).

• Cigarette smoking by race/ethnicity was comparable to cigarette smoking statewide.

Note: Sexual orientation and gender identity are separate variables and not mutually exclusive. Sexual orientation was not asked at all schools and this does not represent all schools. *The estimates for Gay or Lesbian have a coefficient of variation > 30% and are therefore deemed unreliable by Utah Department of Health and Human Services standards.

• Youth that reported being bisexual (3.8%) were more likely to smoke cigarettes compared to Utah overall.
• Youth that reported being gay or lesbian (4.2%) were more likely to smoke cigarettes compared to Utah overall.*

• Male (0.6%) and female students (0.5%) reported comparable rates of cigarette smoking.

Note: From 2013-2021, lifetime and 30-day vape product use questions on the SHARP-PNA asked students about general electronic cigarette or vape device use. Starting 2023, the survey questions were updated to ask about vaping nicotine and vaping marijuana separately. The vape product use data in this graph starting 2023 includes students who vaped nicotine, marijuana, or both.

• Youth vape product use more than doubled between 2013 and 2019. In 2019, nearly 1 in 8 Utah students (12.4%) reported vaping in the past 30 days. Youth vape use declined to 4.3% in 2025.

• Vape product use increased significantly from 8th grade to 12th grade.
• In 2025, high school seniors (6.1%) vape product use was higher compared to utah overall.

Note: Hispanic/Latino/a (ethnicity) is not mutually exclusive of other categories (race).

• In 2023, students who identified as Pacific Islander (6.9%), American Indian or Alaska Native (7.6%), and Hispanic/Latino/a (6.9%) reported the highest percentages of vape product use compared to Utah overall.

Note: Sexual orientation and gender identity are separate variables and not mutually exclusive. Sexual orientation was not asked at all schools and this does not represent all schools.

• Students that reported being bisexual (16.1%) or gay or lesbian (12%) were more likely to vape compared to Utah overall.

• Female students (5%) reported a higher percentage of vape product use compared to Utah overall (4.3%).

• Most students who tried tobacco products, tried vape products first (67.2%), followed by cigarettes (16.4%).
• Students were significantly less likely to list smokeless, cigars, hookah, or nicotine pouches as the product they tried first.
• From 2023 to 2025 students reported a 357% increase in listing nicotine pouches as the first nicotine product they tried.

• In 2025, Utah youth were more than twice as likely to report they had tried vape products compared to having tried cigarette smoking.

• Most students who vaped in the past 30 days reported that they either used vape products with sweet, alcohol, or other flavors (66.6%) or mint flavor (26.7%).
• Students were significantly less likely to vape products with menthol (6.1%) or tobacco flavors (0.5%).

• Overall, 4.3% of Utah students (grades 8, 10, 12) reported using a vape product in the past 30 days. 3.4% used a vape product that contained nicotine, 2.6% used vape products with marijuana, and 1.7% used vape products containing both nicotine and marijuana.