Cigarette sales went up last year for the first time in 20 years

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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
...""In 2020, total nicotine consumption in the U.S. was up 3.4%," Don Burke, senior vice president at Management Science Associates in Pittsburgh, told CSP. a convenience-store trade journal, in August. "So clearly the pandemic had an impact on the overall total nicotine delivery category."

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But the increase in sales last year looks unlikely to represent a long-term trend. Nielsen's convenience-store report for a four-week period ending on March 27 of this year showed that overall sales of traditional cigarettes were down 4.9%, as reported by The Winston-Salem Journal.

Meanwhile, in the same Nielsen report, sales of electronic cigarettes were down slightly, although they had risen 7.5% year over year.

In recent years, sales of traditional cigarettes have steadily declined, while e-cigarettes have seen a surge, particularly among minors.

A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year indicated that one in five high school students and more than 6% of U.S. adults now say they vape."