- It is predicted that smoking rates will drop below 1% by the year 2125 - A new study analyzed smoking trends over the past 50 years to predict when America could become smoke-free - States like West Virginia still have high smoking rates (21%), while states like Utah (6.7%) show remarkable progress Vape manufacturer yocan vaporizer analyzed smoking trends over the past 50 years to predict when America will become smoke-free, starting from 2025. The study calculated the average five-year decline in smoking rates over the last 50+ years, and used this rate (11.85% decline every five years) to reveal how many years it will take for national smoking rates to fall below 1%, if this trend contin... [Read more]