Americans are now more likely to use marijuana nearly every day than they are to smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol on a daily basis, according to a new federal study.
The 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), released on Monday, shows that 21.4 million Americans over the age of 12 admit to using marijuana on a daily or almost-daily basis, which is measured as having consumed it on 20 or more days during a 30-day period.
In comparison, 17.2 million Americans said they use alcohol every day or almost every day, using the same definition.
When it comes to daily cigarette use, the survey only measures respondents who smoked them on each of the past 30 days, with 19.9 million saying they did so.
It’s official: pot is a more popular daily drug than alcohol or cigarettes.
New data[1] from the federal National Survey on Drug Use and Health show that for 2025:
* 21.4M daily/near-daily marijuana users
* 19.9M daily/near-daily cigarette users
* 17.2M daily/near-daily alcohol… pic.twitter.com/SqHQFlNPDY
— Charles Fain Lehman (@CharlesFLehman) July 27, 2026
Daily or near daily marijuana use also outpaces that for nicotine vaping (17.5 million), cigar smoking (2 million) and smokeless tobacco
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