Tobacco use: Florida 2026

Cigarette use: Florida

• In 2024, 10.6% of adults in Florida smoked. Nationally, the adult cigarette smoking prevalence was 11.6%.
• In 2018-2019, 34.6% of adults who smoked in Florida smoked menthol cigarettes. Nationally, 32.3% of adult smokers used menthol cigarettes during this period.
• In 2021, 3.3% of high school students in Florida smoked cigarettes on at least one day in the past 30 days. Nationally, the prevalence of cigarette smoking among high school students was 3.8%.

Other tobacco product use: Florida*

• In 2024, 6.4% of adults in Florida used e-cigarettes. Nationally, the adult e-cigarette use prevalence was 8.0%.
• In 2024, 2.2% of adults in Florida used smokeless tobacco every day or some days. Nationally, the adult smokeless tobacco use prevalence was 3.4%.
• In 2023, 9.7% of high school students in Florida used an electronic vapor product on at least one day in the past 30 days.
• In 2023, 1.1% of high school students in Florida used chewing tobacco, snuff or dip on at least one day in the past 30 days.  
• In 2023, 1.5% of high school students in Florida smoked cigars, cigarillos or little cigars on at least one day in the past 30 days.

Economics of tobacco use and tobacco control

• Florida received $1.2 billion (estimated) in revenue from tobacco settlement payments and taxes in fiscal year 2026.
• Of this, the state allocated $90 million in state funds to tobacco prevention in fiscal year 2026, just 46.4% of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s annual spending target.
• Smoking-related health care costs: $10.04 billion per year.  
• Smoking-related losses in productivity: $21.1 billion per year.

Florida tobacco laws

Tobacco taxes

• Florida is ranked 34th in the U.S. for its cigarette tax of $1.339 per pack (enacted July 2009), compared to the national average of $2.05. (New York has the highest tax at $5.35 and Missouri has the lowest at 17 cents).
• All other tobacco products, except cigars, are taxed 85% of the wholesale sales price.

Clean indoor air ordinances

• Smoking is prohibited in all government workplaces, private workplaces, schools, childcare facilities, restaurants, casinos/gaming establishments (tribal establishments exempt), and retail stores. Smoking is restricted in bars. 
• Use of vapor-generating electronic devices are prohibited in enclosed indoor workplaces, except private residences when not in use as child, adult or health care facilities, with some exceptions.
• Vaping by persons under 21 years of age prohibited in, on, or within 1000 feet of a school between 6am and midnight.
• Use of electronic cigarettes and nicotine dispensing devices in courthouses of Sixth Judicial Circuit and within 50 feet of entrances thereto prohibited.10
• Use of e-cigarettes is prohibited in all firefighter employee places of employment, in licensed out-of-home caregiver homes, in vehicles when children are present, and vapor-generating electronic devices are prohibited in certain detention facilities.
• E-cigarettes are included in the state’s clean indoor air laws but not in the state’s definition of tobacco products. 

E-cigarette Registry Laws

• Effective January 1, 2025, products listed in the state Nicotine Dispensing Device Directory are prohibited from being sold in the state.

Licensing laws

• Retailers and wholesalers are required to obtain a license to sell tobacco products.
• A license is required to sell e-cigarette products.

Youth access laws

• In December 2019, the United States adopted a law raising the federal minimum age of sale of all tobacco products to 21, effective immediately.
• Establishments are required to post signs stating that sales to people under 21 are prohibited.  
• The sale of nicotine dispensing devices, including e-cigarettes, to persons under 21 is prohibited.
• Delivery sales of nicotine products require certification from the customer, verification of certification by the retailer, notification to the customer of purchase age restriction, confirmation of shipment to the consumer by telephone and use of a delivery service that will verify the age of the person accepting the delivery. Internet sales require advanced credit card payment by the consumer.

Local tobacco laws

• The city of St. Petersburg prohibits the use of smokeless tobacco products at the city’s sports venues, including Tropicana Field.

Quitting statistics and benefits

•  The CDC estimates 50.4% of daily adult smokers in Florida quit smoking for one or more days in 2019.
• In 2014, the Affordable Care Act required that Medicaid programs cover all quit medications.
• Florida’s quit line invests $7.51 per smoker, compared to the national median of $2.62.   
• Florida does not have a private insurance mandate provision for quitting tobacco.

Notes and references

Updated March 2026

* The datasets for both adults and youth prevalence were used to make direct comparisons at the state and national levels. National prevalence reported here may differ from what is reported in our national-level fact sheets. The numbers here also reflect the most recent data available. Dates of available data may differ across state fact sheets.  

** The seven recommended cessation medications are NRT gum, NRT patch, NRT nasal spray, NRT inhaler, NRT lozenge, Varenicline (Chantix) and Bupropion (Zyban).  

Fiore MC, et al. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update. Clinical Practice Guideline. Rockville, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services. Public Health Service: May 2008.

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