Fact Sheet
Tobacco use: Wyoming 2026
Cigarette use: Wyoming*
- In 2024, 12.7% of adults smoked. Nationally, the adult cigarette smoking prevalence was 11.6%.
- In 2018-2019, 17.3% of adults who smoked in Wyoming smoked menthol cigarettes. Nationally, 32.3% of adult smokers used menthol cigarettes during this period.
- In 2022, 4.0% of 10th- and 12th-grade students in Wyoming smoked cigarettes on at least one day in the past 30 days.
Other tobacco product use: Wyoming*
- In 2024, 10.7% of adults in Wyoming used e-cigarettes. Nationally, the adult e-cigarette use prevalence was 8.0%.
- In 2024, 8.2% of adults in Wyoming used smokeless tobacco every day or some days. Nationally, the adult smokeless tobacco use prevalence was 3.4%.
- In 2022, 24.2% of 10th- and 12th-grade students in Wyoming reported using e-cigarettes on at least one day in the past 30 days.
- In 2022, 7.7% of 10th- and 12th-grade students in Wyoming reported using smokeless tobacco on at least one day in the past 30 days.
Economics of tobacco use and tobacco control
- Wyoming received $31.9 million (estimated) in revenue from tobacco settlement payments and taxes in fiscal year 2026.
- Of this, the state allocated $1.7 million in state funds to tobacco prevention in fiscal year 2026, 20.1% of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's annual spending target.
- Smoking-caused health care costs: $300 million per year.
- Smoking-caused losses in productivity: $508.6 million per year.
Wyoming tobacco laws
Tobacco taxes
- Wyoming is ranked 44th in the U.S. for its cigarette tax of 60 cents per pack (enacted July 2003), 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.)
- Moist snuff is taxed at 60 cents for up to an ounce and a proportionate rate on any fractional parts more than an ounce.
- Electronic cigarettes and vapor material are taxed at 15% of the wholesale purchase price.
- All other cigars, snuff, and other tobacco products are taxed at 20% of the wholesale purchase price.
Clean indoor air ordinances
- Smoking restrictions are required in government workplaces.
- There are no smoking restrictions for private workplaces, schools, childcare facilities, restaurants, bars, casinos/gaming establishments, and retail stores.
- E-cigarette use is prohibited in child care facilities when children are present.
- E-cigarettes are not included in the state's definition of tobacco products.
Licensing laws
- Wholesalers are required to obtain a license to sell tobacco products. Retailers may be required to obtain a local license to sell tobacco products.
- A retail license or permit is not required to sell e-cigarettes.
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.
- People under 21 are prohibited from buying e-cigarettes.
- Self-service displays and vending machine sales of e-cigarettes are restricted to locations inaccessible to persons under 21.
- Remote sales of e-cigarettes require third-party age verification and the signature of a person at least 21 years old upon receipt.
Quitting statistics and benefits
- The CDC estimates 46.1% of daily adult smokers in Wyoming quit smoking for one or more days in 2019.
- In 2014, the Affordable Care Act required that Medicaid programs cover all tobacco cessation medications. However, there is not yet evidence that the Wyoming Medicaid program has complied with this requirement regarding NRT nasal spray and NRT inhaler.**
- Wyoming's state quit line invests $8.50 per smoker, compared to the national median of $2.62.
- Wyoming does not have a private insurance mandate provision for cessation.
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