Marijuana use in the US is at a record high, while cigarette smoking sits at a record low, according to new polling from Gallup.
Seventeen percent of American adults say they smoke marijuana, tied with the high notched in 2023. That’s a big shift from 2013, the year Gallup started polling the question, when just 7% said they used pot. A record 15% of US adults also say they use edibles.
The polling reflects the growing acceptance of marijuana use, especially for medical reasons.
Earlier this year, the Trump administration signed an order reclassifying medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug, changing the way it’s regulated.
Two states will vote on ballot measures legalizing marijuana in the November midterms.
Meanwhile, cigarette use has dwindled to just 11% of American adults, steadily declining from a high of 45% in 1954.