34.6% of adults with any mental illness reported current use* of tobacco in 2016 compared to 23.3% of adults with no mental illness.5

Individuals who have mood disorders, psychoses, anxiety disorders, developmental disorders, and substance use disorders are more likely to be addicted to nicotine than those without these disorders. Nicotine dependence has proven to be particularly challenging for individuals suffering from psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia.6 Smoking prevalence was highest among those with schizophrenia, at nearly 90%.6

*“Current Use” is defined as self-reported consumption of cigarettes, cigars, and smokeless tobacco in the past month (at the time of survey).

**Any Tobacco Products includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., snuff, dip, chewing tobacco, or “snus”), cigars, and pipe tobacco.

†Data taken from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2016, and refer to adults aged 18 years and older self-reporting any mental illness in the past year, excluding serious mental illness.