Smoking among all adults has reached an all-time low. Nationally, 16.8% of adults smoke — down from nearly 21 percent five years ago. Smoking is down 2% among young adults in the United States, marking the biggest decline in the last 20 years.
Garvin Buttermore with the Iowa Health Department says the Iowa Smoke Law put into effect eight years ago created a smoking decrease in Iowa as well.
According to a 2014 study, smoking among youth 17 or younger has dropped from 24% in 2008 down to 13 percent