Trends in Smoking and Flavored Tobacco Use in California: Black–White Disparities, 2003–2023

Table 1.

Absolute andrelative decline in.

Group Year   Absolute decline Percent decline

  2003 to 2023    
Current Smoking        
Black 19.9% 9.0% 10.9% 54.8%
White 17.2% 5.2% 12.0% 69.8%
  2018 2023    
Current Flavored Product Use        
White 8.0% 4.7% 3.3% 41.3%
Black 11.9% 10.8% 1.1% 9.2%