More than 16 million adults in the United States have a disease caused by smoking cigarettes, and smoking-related illnesses lead to half a million deaths each year.1 Healthy People 2030 focuses on preventing people from using tobacco products and helping them quit.
Most deaths and diseases from tobacco use in the United States are caused by cigarettes.1 Smoking harms nearly every organ in the body and increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, and many types of cancer. Although smoking is widespread, it’s more common in certain groups, including men, American Indians/Alaska Natives, people with behavioral health conditions, LGBT people, and people with lower incomes and education levels.
Several evidence-based strategies can help prevent and reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke. These include smoke-free policies, price increases, and health education campaigns that target large audiences. Methods like counseling and medication can also help people stop using tobacco.
Adolescents Goals (with links to statistics)
Reduce current cigarette smoking in adolescents — TU‑06 
Target met or exceeded
Reduce current use of smokeless tobacco products among adolescents — TU‑08 Target met or exceeded
Reduce current cigar smoking in adolescents — TU‑07 
Improving
Eliminate cigarette smoking initiation in adolescents and young adults — TU‑10 Improving
Reduce current e-cigarette use in adolescents — TU‑05 
Little or no detectable change
Reduce the proportion of adolescents exposed to tobacco marketing — TU‑22 Little or no detectable change
Reduce current tobacco use in adolescents — TU‑04
Getting worse
Reduce current use of flavored tobacco products in adolescents who use tobacco — TU‑09 
Baseline only
Reduce the proportion of people who don't smoke but are exposed to secondhand smoke — TU‑19 Baseline only
References
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2014). The Health Consequences of Smoking — 50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK179276/
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Alcohol is the most commonly used substance among young people in the U.S.
The 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey3 found that among high school students, during the past 30 days
Rates of current and binge drinking among high school students have generally been declining in recent decades. Although males historically had higher rates, in 2019 and 2021, female high school students were more likely to drink alcohol and binge drink than male high school students.
Youth who drink alcohol are more likely to experience
In general, the risk of youth experiencing these problems is greater for those who binge drink than for those who do not binge drink.6,7
Early initiation of drinking is associated with development of an alcohol use disorder later in life.
For more information
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/underage-drinking.htm