New data suggest that the number of adults who smoke cigarettes in the U.S. is at an all-time low but showed that electronic cigarette usage ticked up.

Preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2022 National Health Interview Survey show only 11.2% of adults smoke cigarettes.

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The survey defined cigarette smokers as "smoking at least 100 cigarettes in a lifetime and now smoking every day or some days."

The figure is lower than the most recent finalized data from 2020, which showed 12.5% of adults smoked cigarettes, with the number having been in decline since the 1960s and from 20.9% in 2005, per the agency.

The preliminary data also showed an uptick in e-cigarette usage, with a reported 5.8% of the adult population using e-cigarettes. In 2021, the figure was estimated to be at 4.7%, and the agency estimated 14.1% of high school students used e-cigarettes in 2022.

Electronic cigarette companies have come under more scrutiny in recent years amid the uptick in youth using the products. States such as California have banned flavored tobacco products, including vaping, and companies such as Juul have settled numerous lawsuits filed against them.

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President Joe Biden was expected to single out cigarette smokers in his State of the Union address earlier this year after the White House released a fact sheet singling out smoking as the single largest driver of cancer deaths.

He ultimately did not mention smoking during his speech but did address his administration's actions to find cures for cancer.