Tobacco use: Indiana 2026

Cigarette use: Indiana*

• In 2024, 13.9% of adults in Indiana smoked. Nationally, the adult cigarette smoking prevalence was 11.6%.
• In 2018-2019, 28.7% of adults who smoked in Indiana smoked menthol cigarettes. Nationally, 32.3% of adult smokers used menthol cigarettes during this period.
• In 2023, 6.1% of high school students in Indiana smoked cigarettes on at least one day in the past 30 days. Nationally, the cigarette smoking prevalence among high school students was 3.5%.

Other tobacco product use: Indiana*

• In 2024, 9.2% of adults in Indiana used e-cigarettes. Nationally, the adult e-cigarette prevalence was 8.0%.
• In 2024, 3.5% of adults in Indiana used smokeless tobacco every day or some days. Nationally, adult smokeless tobacco use prevalence was 3.4%.
• In 2022, 9.2% of high school students in Indiana used e-cigarettes on at least one day in the past 30 days. Nationally, the e-cigarette use prevalence among high school students was 14.1%.
• In 2022, 2.4% of high school students in Indiana smoked cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars on at least one day in the past 30 days. Nationally, the cigar use prevalence among high school students was 2.8%.

Economics of tobacco use and tobacco control 

• Indiana received $757.1 million (estimated) in revenue from tobacco settlement payments and taxes in fiscal year 2026.
• Of this, the state allocated $9.1 million in state funds to tobacco prevention in fiscal year 2026, 12.4% of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s annual spending target.  
• Smoking-related health care costs: $3.4 billion per year.  
• Smoking-related losses in productivity: $7.5 billion per year.

Indiana tobacco laws 

Tobacco taxes 

• Indiana is ranked 14th in the U.S. for its cigarette tax of $2.995 per pack of 20 cigarettes (enacted July 2007), compared with the national average of $2.05. (New York has the highest tax at $5.35 and Missouri has the lowest at 17 cents). 
• Moist snuff and alternative nicotine products are taxed at 40 cents per ounce. Closed system e-cigarette cartridges are taxed at 15% of the wholesale price. Consumable material/vapor products are taxed at 15% of the gross retail income received for the sale. All other tobacco products are taxed at 24% of the wholesale price.

Clean indoor air ordinances 

• Smoking is prohibited in all government workplaces, private workplaces, schools, childcare facilities, restaurants, and retail stores (retail tobacco and cigar specialty stores exempt).
• Smoking is allowed in bars/taverns that do not employ persons under age 18 and do not allow persons under age 21 to enter.
• There are no smoking restrictions in casinos/gaming establishments.
• Use of electronic nicotine delivery cigarettes, including e-cigarettes, is prohibited in the capitol buildings. Use of e-cigarettes is prohibited in body art establishment rooms used for body art or sterilization procedures, on various college and university campuses by regulation, and for assisted living providers while providing care. Vaping and use of e-cigarettes is also prohibited in Franklin County’s Court of Common Pleas. Use of electronic cigarettes and vapor products is prohibited in public places and places of employment.
• E-cigarettes are not included in the state’s indoor air laws but e-cigarettes and vapor products are included in the state’s definition of smoking and tobacco products.

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.
• Those under 21 years old are prohibited from buying electronic smoking devices, including e-cigarettes.
• A document with the statement ‘E-LIQUIDS: Indiana law prohibits the sale of this product to a person who is less than 21 years of age must be included in shipments from retailers of e-liquids. Delivery of sales of e-liquids must be prepaid by purchaser, shipped only to purchaser, and only after good faith effort to ascertain age.
• A specialty e-cigarette/e-liquid store cannot be located within 1,000 feet of a school.

Quitting statistics and benefits

• The CDC estimates 44.8% of daily adult smokers in Indiana quit smoking for one or more days in 2019.
• In 2014, the Affordable Care Act required that Medicaid programs cover all quit medications.^**
• Indiana’s state quit line invests $2.62 per smoker, compared with the national median of $2.62.
• Indiana does not have a private insurance mandate provision for quitting tobacco.

Notes and references

Updated March 2026

*National and state-level prevalence numbers reflect the most recent data available. This may differ across state fact sheets

**The seven recommended quitting 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.