Sweetwater

In 2025, Sweetwater County’s adult smoking and vaping rates were higher than in most counties. Its adult nicotine pouch use was lower than in most counties.1

Too few high school students participated in the 2024 Prevention Needs Assessment to report high school smoking or vaping rates.2

In 2025, about half of adults supported a cigarette tax increase.

In 2025, most adults supported tobacco and nicotine-free schools and smokefree indoor air policies for workplaces and restaurants. Just over half of adults supported smokefree indoor air policies for bars.

The 2025 secondhand smoke exposure rate at work (indoors or outdoors) was in the middle of counties. The secondhand smoke exposure rates in indoor public places, outdoor public places, and public places overall were higher than in most counties.

Key Indicators

Smoking Rates

Vaping Rates

Nicotine Pouch Use Rate

Cigarette Taxes

Percentage of adults who supported a tax increase on a pack of cigarettes

%

Support for Tobacco and Nicotine-Free Schools

Percentage of adults who support completely banning tobacco and nicotine use on school grounds

%

Smokefree Policies

Percentage of adults who think smoking should never be allowed in the indoor areas at...

Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Public Places

Percentage of adults who had been exposed to someone else’s smoke in indoor or outdoor public places in the past seven days

Secondhand Smoke Exposure at Work

Percentage of adults who had been exposed to someone else’s smoke at their workplace (indoors or outdoors) in the past seven days

%

NOTES: Charts display data when the sample size is at least 50. Variables with less than 50 respondents display no bar and no data.

  1. WYSAC calculated these values using a data file combining answers to the 2023 and 2025 Wyoming Adult Commercial Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (formerly known as Adult Tobacco Survey).↩
  2. These estimates are from the 2024 Prevention Needs Assessment. Other estimates are available at this link: Wyoming Prevention Needs Assessment .↩

SOURCE: Read more about the data sources.