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'''Prevalence of tobacco use''' is reported by the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO), which focuses on cigarette smoking due to reported data limitations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.who.int/whosis/indicators/compendium/2008/2ptu/en/ |title=Prevalence of current tobacco use among adults aged ≥ 15 years (percentage) |access-date=2009-01-02 |publisher=World Health Organization |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211143334/http://www.who.int/whosis/indicators/compendium/2008/2ptu/en/ |archive-date=December 11, 2008 }}</ref> [[Smoking]] has therefore been studied more extensively than any other form of consumption.<ref name="WHOMayoReport">{{Cite web | url=https://www.who.int/tobacco/resources/publications/mayo/en/index.html | title=Mayo report on addressing the worldwide tobacco epidemic through effective, evidence-based treatment | access-date=2009-01-02 | publisher=World Health Organization | pages=2 | archive-date=2004-05-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040512172549/https://www.who.int/tobacco/resources/publications/mayo/en/index.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Smoking is generally five times more prevalent among men than women;<ref name="HNPGuindonBoisclair13-16">{{Cite book|first1=G. Emmanuel |last1=Guindon |first2=David |last2=Boisclair |title=Past, current and future trends in tobacco use |url=http://www1.worldbank.org/tobacco/pdf/Guindon-Past,%20current-%20whole.pdf |access-date=2009-03-22 |year=2003 |publisher=The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank |location=Washington DC |pages=13–16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003729/http://www1.worldbank.org/tobacco/pdf/Guindon-Past,%20current-%20whole.pdf |archive-date=March 18, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Gender empowerment and female-to-male smoking prevalence ratios | publisher = World Health Organization | url = https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/89/3/10-079905/en/ | access-date = 10 Sep 2020 | archive-date = 16 September 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200916101426/https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/89/3/10-079905/en/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> however, the gender gap differs across countries and is smaller in younger age groups.<ref name="WomenTobaccoChallenges5-6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.who.int/tobacco/media/en/WomenMonograph.pdf|title=Women and the Tobacco Epidemic: Challenges for the 21st Century|access-date=2009-01-02|author=The World Health Organization, and the Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health|year=2001|publisher=World Health Organization|pages=5–6|archive-date=2009-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207002856/http://www.who.int/tobacco/media/en/WomenMonograph.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="2001SurgeonGeneralWomen47">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/sgr_2001/sgr_women_chapters.htm |title=Surgeon General's Report—Women and Smoking |access-date=2009-01-03 |year=2001 |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |page=47 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204062326/http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/sgr_2001/sgr_women_chapters.htm |archive-date=December 4, 2008 }}</ref> In developed countries smoking rates for men have peaked and have begun to decline, and also started to stall or decline for women.<ref>{{Cite book|first1=Richard|last1=Peto|first2=Alan D|last2=Lopez|first3=Jillian|last3=Boreham|first4=Michael|last4=Thun|title=Mortality from Smoking in Developed Countries 1950-2000: indirect estimates from national vital statistics|url=http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/~tobacco/SMK_All_PAGES.pdf|access-date=2009-03-22|year=2006|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050224232603/http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/~tobacco/SMK_All_PAGES.pdf|archive-date=2005-02-24|url-status=dead}}</ref> Smoking prevalence has changed little since the mid-1990s, before which time it declined in English-speaking countries due to the implementation of [[tobacco control]]. However, the number of smokers worldwide has increased from 721 million in 1980 to 967 million in 2012 and the number of cigarettes smoked increased from 4.96 trillion to 6.25 trillion due to population growth.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ng|first1=Marie|title=Smoking Prevalence and Cigarette Consumption in 187 Countries, 1980-2012|journal=Journal of the American Medical Association|date=Jan 8, 2014|pages=183–192|doi=10.1001/jama.2013.284692|volume=311|issue=2|pmid=24399557|doi-access=free}}</ref>

In Western countries, smoking is more prevalent among populations with [[mental disorder|mental health]] problems, with [[Alcoholism|alcohol]] and [[physical dependence|drug]] problems, among [[crime|criminal]]s, and among the [[Homelessness|homeless]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=West, Robert  |author2=Shiffman, Saul |name-list-style=amp |title=Fast Facts: Smoking Cessation|publisher=Health Press Ltd.|year=2007|isbn=978-1-903734-98-8|pages=20, 26}}</ref> In 2002, about 20% of young teens (aged 13–15) smoked worldwide. 80,000 to 100,000 children begin smoking every day. Half of those who begin smoking in [[adolescent]] years are projected to go on to smoke for 15 to 20 years.<ref name="WHO2002FactSheet">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wpro.who.int/media_centre/fact_sheets/fs_20020528.htm |title=WHO/WPRO-Smoking Statistics |access-date=2009-01-01 |date=2002-05-28 |publisher=World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108181404/http://www.wpro.who.int/media_centre/fact_sheets/fs_20020528.htm |archive-date=November 8, 2009 }}</ref>

One of the targets of the [[Sustainable Development Goal 3]] of the [[United Nations]] (to be achieved by 2030) is to "Strengthen the implementation of the [[WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control|World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control]] in all countries, as appropriate." The indicator that is used to measure progress is the prevalence of tobacco use.<ref name=":172">United Nations (2017) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 6 July 2017, [[:File:A RES 71 313 E.pdf|Work of the Statistical Commission pertaining to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development]] ([https://undocs.org/A/RES/71/313 A/RES/71/313] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023121826/https://undocs.org/A/RES/71/313 |date=2020-10-23 }})</ref>

== Background ==
WHO states that "Much of the disease burden and premature mortality attributable to tobacco use disproportionately affect the poor". Of the 1.22 billion smokers, 1 billion of them live in developing or transitional economies. Rates of smoking have leveled off or declined in the [[developed world]].<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)|year=2009|title=Cigarette smoking among adults and trends in smoking cessation - United States, 2008|url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5844a2.htm|format=Full free text|journal=MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report|volume=58|issue=44|pages=1227–1232|pmid=19910909|access-date=2017-09-10|archive-date=2017-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916142331/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5844a2.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[developing world]], tobacco consumption is rising by 3.4% per year as of 2002.<ref name="WHO2002FactSheet" />

The WHO in 2004 projected 58.8 million deaths to occur globally, from which 5.4 million are tobacco-attributed, and 4.9 million as of 2007.<ref name="WHO2007FactSheet">{{Cite web|date=2007-05-29|title=WHO/WPRO-Tobacco Fact sheet|url=http://www.wpro.who.int/media_centre/fact_sheets/fs_20070529.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207100241/http://www.wpro.who.int/media_centre/fact_sheets/fs_20070529.htm|archive-date=2009-02-07|access-date=2009-01-01|publisher=World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific}}</ref> As of 2002, 70% of the deaths are in developing countries.<ref name="WHO2007FactSheet" />

One of the targets of the [[Sustainable Development Goal 3]] of the [[United Nations]] (to be achieved by 2030) is to "Strengthen the implementation of the [[WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control|World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control]] in all countries, as appropriate." The indicator that is used to measure progress is the "age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 15 years and older".<ref name=":17">United Nations (2017) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 6 July 2017, [[:File:A RES 71 313 E.pdf|Work of the Statistical Commission pertaining to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development]] ([https://undocs.org/A/RES/71/313 A/RES/71/313] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023121826/https://undocs.org/A/RES/71/313 |date=2020-10-23 }})</ref>

== Worldwide ==
'''Prevalence of tobacco use (% of adults) worldwide'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.PRV.SMOK?name_desc=false|title=Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults)|website=data.worldbank.org|access-date=2 June 2022}}</ref>
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== Countries ==
The following is a list of countries by the percentage of age-standardized prevalence of tobacco smoking among persons 15 years and older as published by the [[World Health Organization]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/gho-tobacco-control-monitor-current-tobaccouse-tobaccosmoking-cigarrettesmoking-agestd-tobagestdcurr|title=Estimates of current tobacco use prevalence (%) {age-standardized rate)|website=[[World Health Organization]]|access-date=2 June 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Country !! 2000 !! 2020
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|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Afghanistan}} || 36.9 || 23.3
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Albania}} || 35 || 22.4
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Algeria}} || 22.2 || 21
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Andorra}} || 35.9  || 31.8
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Argentina}} || 34 || 24.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Armenia}} || 32 || 25.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Australia}} || 24.4 || 13.6
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Austria}} || 52.3 || 26.4
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Azerbaijan}} || 28.7 || 24
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Bahamas}} || 10.7 || 10.6
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Bahrain}} || 22.2 || 14.9
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Bangladesh}} || 57.6 || 34.7
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Barbados}} || 10.2 || 8.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Belarus}} || 41.8 || 30.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Belgium}} || 33.4 || 23.4
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Belize}} || 15 || 8.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Benin}} || 16.7 || 6.9
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Bolivia}} || 32.1 || 12.7
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} || 46.6 || 35
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Botswana}} || 33.2 || 19.4
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Brazil}} || 23.8 || 12.8
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Brunei}} || 16.7 || 16.2
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Bulgaria}} || 47.5 || 39
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Burkina Faso}} || 29.8 || 14.3
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Burundi}} || 24 || 11.8
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Cabo Verde}} || 20.6 || 11.4
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Cambodia}} || 42.3 || 21.1
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Cameroon}} || 12.8 || 7.3
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Canada}} || 28.4 || 13
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Chad}} || 13.9 || 8.3
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Chile}} || 46.9 || 29.2
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|China}} || 26.7 || 25.6
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Colombia}} || 15.1 || 8.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Comoros}} || 39.5 || 20.3
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Republic of the Congo}} || 11.9 || 14.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Cook Islands}} || 44.3 || 24
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Costa Rica}} || 18 || 8.8
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Côte d'Ivoire}} || 18.7 || 9.4
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Croatia}} || 34.4 || 36.9
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Cuba}} || 40.8 || 17.9
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Cyprus}} || 40.9 || 35.1
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} || 34.2 || 30.7
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Denmark}} || 37.3 || 17.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Dominican Republic}} || 18.7 || 10.6
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} || 18.8 || 12.8
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Ecuador}} || 18.4 || 11.3
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Egypt}} || 24.3 || 24.3
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|El Salvador}} || 15.9 || 7.9
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Eritrea}} || 13.3 || 7.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Estonia}} || 46 || 29.7
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Eswatini}} || 12.3 || 9.2
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Ethiopia}} || 6.8 || 5.1
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Fiji}} || 32.3 || 23.1
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Finland}} || 35.7 || 21.6
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|France}} || 34.2 || 33.4
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Gambia}} || 22.5 || 11.1
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Georgia}} || 32.8 || 31.7
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Germany}} || 36.4 || 22
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Ghana}} || 7 || 3.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Greece}} || 54.9 || 33.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Guatemala}} || 14.3 || 10.9
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Guinea-Bissau}} || 18 || 9
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Guyana}} || 30.2 || 12.1
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Haiti}} || 12.3 || 7.7
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Hungary}} || 37.4 || 31.8
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Iceland}} || 30.2 || 12
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|India}} || 54.5 || 27.2
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Indonesia}} || 35.4 || 37.6
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Iran}} || 21.5 || 13.6
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Iraq}} || 22 || 18.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Ireland}} || 35.6 || 20.8
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Israel}} || 31.7 || 21.2
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Italy}} || 26.2 || 23.1
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Jamaica}} || 17.4 || 9.4
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Japan}} || 33.3 || 20.1
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Jordan}} || 30.7 || 34.8
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Kazakhstan}} || 34.2 || 23.2
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Kenya}} || 19.3 || 11.1
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Kiribati}} || 68.5 || 40.6
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Kuwait}} || 20 || 17.9
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Kyrgyzstan}} || 31.4 || 25.4
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Laos}} || 52.5 || 31.8
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Latvia}} || 43.8 || 37
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Lebanon}} || 40.2 || 38.2
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Lesotho}} || 31.1 || 24.3
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Liberia}} || 16.3 || 8.2
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Lithuania}} || 41.4 || 32
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Luxembourg}} || 31 || 21.1
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Madagascar}} || 46.7 || 27.8
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Malawi}} || 24.1 || 10.8
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Malaysia}} || 29.5 || 22.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Maldives}} || 38.3 || 25.2
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Mali}} || 16.3 || 8.3
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Malta}} || 34.3 || 24
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Marshall Islands}} || 28.5 || 28.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Mauritania}} || 21.3 || 10.7
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Mauritius}} || 25.5 || 20.2
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Mexico}} || 24 || 13.1
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Moldova}} || 25.3 || 29
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Mongolia}} || 34.1 || 29.4
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Montenegro}} || 38.7 || 31.4
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Morocco}} || 22.5 || 14.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Mozambique}} || 29.4 || 14.3
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Myanmar}} || 66.9 || 44.1
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Namibia}} || 25.6 || 15.1
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Nauru}} || 63.4 || 48.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Nepal}} || 64.5 || 30.4
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Netherlands}} || 34.3 || 22.2
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|New Zealand}} || 29.6 || 13.7
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Niger}} || 9.7 || 7.4
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Nigeria}} || 9.3 || 3.7
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|North Korea}} || 19.8 || 18.8
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Norway}} || 44 || 16.2
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Oman}} || 7.6 || 8
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Pakistan}} || 37.5 || 20.2
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Palau}} || 26.1 || 17.6
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Panama}} || 13.4 || 5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Papua New Guinea}} || 54.1 || 39.3
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Paraguay}} || 29.1 || 11.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Peru}} || 32.9 || 8.1
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Philippines}} || 34.9 || 22.9
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Poland}} || 39.6 || 24
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Portugal}} || 25.7 || 25.4
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Qatar}} || 13.5 || 11.8
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Romania}} || 35 || 28
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Russia}} || 33.3 || 26.8
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Rwanda}} || 24.8 || 13.7
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Samoa}} || 39 || 25.3
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|São Tomé and Príncipe}} || 7.8 || 5.7
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} || 14.2 || 14.3
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Senegal}} || 14.3 || 6.9
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Serbia}} || 45.1 || 39.8
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Seychelles}} || 28.7 || 20.2
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Sierra Leone}} || 43.7 || 13.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Singapore}} || 16.4 || 16.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Slovakia}} || 32 || 31.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Slovenia}} || 25.1 || 22
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Solomon Islands}} || 43.5 || 36.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|South Africa}} || 23.5 || 20.3
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|South Korea}} || 28.5 || 17.4
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|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Spain}} || 36.8 || 27.7
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|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Sri Lanka}} || 28.5 || 22
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Sweden}} || 43.8 || 24
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Switzerland}} || 28.3 || 25.5
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Tanzania}} || 27.8 || 8.7
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Thailand}} || 31.7 || 22.1
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Timor-Leste}} || 53.5 || 39.2
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Togo}} || 14.4 || 6.8
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|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Tonga}} || 33.5 || 31
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|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Tunisia}} || 34.3  || 24.6
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Turkey}} || 32.9 || 30.7
|-
|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Turkmenistan}} || 12 || 5.5
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|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Tuvalu}} || 48.8 || 35.6
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|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Uganda}} || 24.7 || 8.4
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|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Ukraine}} || 37.7 || 25.8
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|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|United Arab Emirates}} || 19.4 || 18.2
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|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}} || 37.9 || 15.4
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|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|United States}} || 33.8 || 23
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|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Uruguay}} || 35.3 || 21.5
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|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Uzbekistan}} || 24.9 || 17.6
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|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Vanuatu}} || 25.6 || 17.8
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|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Vietnam}} || 29.8 || 24.8
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|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Yemen}} || 27.3 || 20.3
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|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Zambia}} || 19.9 || 14.4
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|style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Zimbabwe}} || 21 || 11.7
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[[File:Daily-smoking-prevalence-bounds.png|thumb|upright=1.6|Prevalence of daily smoking in 2012<ref>{{cite web |title=Share of people who smoke every day |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-smoking-prevalence-bounds |website=Our World in Data |access-date=5 March 2020 |archive-date=17 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317195208/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-smoking-prevalence-bounds |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
[[File:Share-of-adults-who-smoke.png|thumb|upright=1.6|The share adults who smoke any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Share of adults who smoke |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-adults-who-smoke |website=Our World in Data |access-date=5 March 2020 |archive-date=17 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317005012/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-adults-who-smoke |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
[[File:Comparing-the-share-of-men-and-women-who-are-smoking.png|thumb|upright=1.6|Share of men versus women who smoke in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Smoking in men vs. women |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/comparing-the-share-of-men-and-women-who-are-smoking |website=Our World in Data |access-date=5 March 2020 |archive-date=17 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317195208/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/comparing-the-share-of-men-and-women-who-are-smoking |url-status=live }}</ref>]][[File:Consumption-per-smoker-per-day.png|thumb|upright=1.6|Consumption per smoker per day in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Daily cigarette consumption per smoker |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/consumption-per-smoker-per-day |website=Our World in Data |access-date=5 March 2020 |archive-date=17 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317195208/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/consumption-per-smoker-per-day |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
[[File:Smokers-as-a-percentage-of-adult-pop.jpg|thumb|Percentages of smoking adult population in Finland, Norway, USA, Japan and the Netherlands in 2011]]

=== Australia ===
In the 20th century, smoking was common. There were social events like the [[smoke night]] which promoted the habit. In Australia the incidence of smoking is in decline, with figures from the 2011-12 Australian Health Survey showing 18% of the population to be current smokers,<ref name="ABS Australian Health Survey 2011-12" >{{cite web|title=Table 7: Smoker status by age and sex, Australia |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/log?openagent&43640do007_20112012.xls&4364.0.55.001&Data_Cubes&2B9F30C81002A8C1CA257AA30014C2AA&0&2011-12&29.10.2012&Previous |format=XLS |work=Australian Health Survey: First Results, 2011-12|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|access-date=19 February 2013}}</ref> a decline from 28% in 1989–90.<ref name="ABS Tobacco smoking 2007-08" >{{cite web |title=Tobacco Smoking in Australia, 2007–08 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4841.0Chapter32011 |work=Facts at your Fingertips: Health, 2011 |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=19 February 2013 |date=2012-07-25 |archive-date=2013-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414031054/http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4841.0Chapter32011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Among the indigenous population, the rate was much higher: 50% of men and 44% of women reported being current smokers in 2007–08.<ref name="ABS Tobacco Smoking in Australia 2007-08 Table 2.1" >{{cite web|title=Tobacco Smoking in Australia 2007-08 Table 2.1 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/subscriber.nsf/log?openagent&tobacco_smoking_in_australia.xls&4841.0&Data_Cubes&F12AFAED1EDDA9B5CA25784F000D5DCE&0&2011&11.03.2011&Previous |format=XLS |work=Facts at your Fingertips: Health, 2011|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|access-date=19 February 2013|date=2009-11-25 }}</ref>

People aged 25 to 34 were the most likely to smoke (24%), with a marked decline in smoking rates as age increased past 45 years in 2011–12.<ref name="ABS Australian Health Survey 2011-12" />

In 2007–08, the prevalence of smoking was strongly associated with socioeconomic disadvantage: a greater proportion of men (33%) and women (26%) who live in the most disadvantaged 20% of areas were current smokers than those who live in the least disadvantaged 20% of areas (12% and 11% respectively).<ref name="ABS Tobacco smoking 2007-08" />

In 2016 the daily smoking rate was less than 13%.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-29/smoking-rates-at-record-lows-as-number-of-smokers-almost-halves/7886316 |title=Smoking rates at 'all-time lows' in Australia |newspaper=ABC News |date=2016-09-28 |language=en-AU |access-date=2016-09-28 |archive-date=2016-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930152905/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-29/smoking-rates-at-record-lows-as-number-of-smokers-almost-halves/7886316 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Canada ===
In December 2002, [[Statistics Canada]] published a report on smoking prevalence from 1985 to 2001. In that report they found from 1985 to 1991, prevalence of "current smoking" (which they defined as daily smokers and occasional smokers) declined overall, for both sexes and all age groups except for those aged 15 to 24. Even larger declines occurred from 1991 to 2001. While current smoking prevalence for youths did not significantly change from 1985 to 1994–1995, there was a significant decrease of 6 percentage points from 1994–1995 to 2001 (from 28.5% to 22.5%). [[Province|Provincially]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[Quebec]], [[Ontario]], [[Saskatchewan]], [[Alberta]] and [[British Columbia]], experienced most of their declines in current smoking prevalence from 1994 to 1995 onwards. All of the provinces experienced some level of declines over the entire 1985 to 2001 period. Declines in daily smoking prevalence occurred for both sexes and all age groups over the entire 17-year time span, although youth smoking did not start significantly declining until the mid-1990s. Overall, for daily cigarette consumption, smokers by 2001 had a significantly lower proportion of smoking 26 or more cigarettes daily compared with 1985 (14.0% to 5.8%). Most of the declines in the different sex or age groups occurred after 1991. At the same time however, smokers in 2001 had a significantly higher proportion of smoking 1 to 10 cigarettes daily compared with 1985 (18.6% to 31.1%). Most of the decline occurred after 1991.<ref name="STATSCAN">[http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82f0077x/82f0077x2001001-eng.pdf Report on Smoking in Canada 1985 to 2001], [[Statistics Canada]], Health Statistics Division, December 2002 {{Pd-notice}}</ref> As of 2008 the rate was estimated to be 18%, and declining.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.cancer.ca/canada-wide/prevention/quit%20smoking/canadian%20tobacco%20stats.aspx?sc_lang=en | title=Canadian Cancer Society | access-date=2010-04-25 | archive-date=2010-07-13 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713092851/http://www.cancer.ca/Canada-wide/Prevention/Quit%20smoking/Canadian%20tobacco%20stats.aspx?sc_lang=en | url-status=live }}</ref> A 2011 survey estimates that 17% of Canadians smoke.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/09/07/smoking-rate-survey.html | work=CBC News | title=Smoking rate falls to 17% in Canada | date=2011-09-07 | access-date=2011-11-11 | archive-date=2011-10-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028181822/http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/09/07/smoking-rate-survey.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Germany ===
In 2005, 27% of the population admitted to being current smokers. 23% were regular smokers (28% of men and 19% of women,) while 4% smoked irregularly. The highest ratio of regular smokers was in the 20-24 age group: 38% of men and 30% of women.<ref name="mikrozensus">{{cite web |url=http://www.destatis.de/jetspeed/portal/cms/Sites/destatis/Internet/DE/Presse/pk/2006/Mikrozensus/Pressebroschuere,property=file.pdf |title=Leben in Deutschland. Haushalte, Familien und Gesundheit – Ergebnisse des Mikrozensus 2005|year=2005|publisher=Statistisches Bundesamt|pages=61–67|access-date=2009-06-04|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419135952/http://www.destatis.de/jetspeed/portal/cms/Sites/destatis/Internet/DE/Presse/pk/2006/Mikrozensus/Pressebroschuere,property=file.pdf |archive-date=2009-04-19}}</ref> According to a 2010 study by [[University of Bielefeld]], 9.9% of all 15-year-old males and 10.8% of 15-year-old females smoked daily, which showed a strong decline during the previous decade.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hbsc-germany.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Faktenblatt_Rauchverhalten_final.pdf |title=German youth smoking less |access-date=2014-06-30 |archive-date=2016-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117174357/http://hbsc-germany.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Faktenblatt_Rauchverhalten_final.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Like in the most industrial countries the smoking rate in Germany decreases with increasing education level.

A 2006 comparative study found that 25.1% of male and 20.6% of female medical students in [[Göttingen]] smoke, while in [[London]] the ratios were only 10.9% and 9.1%.<ref name="raupach">{{cite journal|last=Raupach|first=T|author2=Shahab, Baetzing|year=2009|title=smoking}}</ref>

Germany has the largest number of [[cigarette vending machines]] per capita in the world: 1 per 102.5 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facharzt.de/content/red.otx/191,2725,0.html?sID=6672fc2c0e2a7e879a1cb5efff9ea6fc |title=_Risikofaktor Nummer 1 |trans-title=Smoking: Risk factor number 1 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306163217/https://www.facharzt.de/content/red.otx/191,2725,0.html?sID=6672fc2c0e2a7e879a1cb5efff9ea6fc |archive-date=2012-03-06 }}</ref>

=== Israel ===
In Israel,<ref name="WHOISR">[https://www.who.int/infobase/reportviewer.aspx?rptcode=ALL&uncode=376&dm=8&surveycode=101391i4 Tobacco Use Introduction for Israel]{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, [[World Health Organization]]</ref> smoking prevalence among males had remained relatively constant at 30%  in the years 1994–2004.<ref name="Baron">{{cite journal |last1= Baron-Epel |first1= O. Haviv-Messika A. Tamir D. Nitzan-Kaluski D. Green M. |year= 2004 |title= Multiethnic differences in smoking in Israel: pooled analysis from three national surveys |journal= European Journal of Public Health |volume= 14 |issue=4 |pages= 384–9 |doi= 10.1093/eurpub/14.4.384|pmid= 15542874 |doi-access= free }}</ref> Among females the prevalence has declined slightly from 25% in 1998 to 18% in 2003.<ref name="Baron"/> For the youth, 14% smoked at least once per week, according to a 2001 publication.<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Meijer |first1= B. Branski D. Kerem E. |year= 2001 |title= Ethnic differences in cigarette smoking among adolescents: a comparison of Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem |journal= Israel Medical Association Journal |volume=3 |issue=7 |pages= 504–7 }}</ref>

In 2005, research has shown that Israeli youths have begun to use [[bidis]] and [[hookah]], as alternative methods of tobacco use.<ref name="Baron"/> In 1990, smoking was the cause of about 1,800 male deaths in Israel which was around 12% of all male deaths.<ref name="CDCI"/> Smoking has not been found to be significant cause of death among Israeli women.<ref name="CDCI">[https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/WHO/israel.htm Tobacco or Health: A Global Status Report] {{Webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061210161042/http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/who/israel.htm |date= 2006-12-10 }}, [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC), accessed July 13, 2005 (site now down)</ref> The average number of cigarettes smoked per [[Israelis|Israeli]] stands at 2162 (6).<ref name="Baron"/>

There are several [[anti-tobacco use legislation]]s in effect. For instance, advertising is prohibited in youth publications and is forbidden on television and radio,<ref name="CDCI"/> in addition to substantial increases in tobacco taxes, although the prices are still among the lowest compared to all of the European countries.<ref name="CDCI"/> In addition, until 2004, there was no minimum age requirement for buying tobacco products in Israel;<ref>[http://www.euro.who.int/Document/E80607.pdf WHO European Country Profiles on Tobacco Control 2003] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100516083557/http://www.euro.who.int/Document/E80607.pdf |date= 2010-05-16 }}, [[World Health Organization]], accessed November 24, 2005</ref> however, an amendment to the tobacco marketing and advertisement law that became effective at 2004 has limited the sale of tobacco to people above the age of 18.<ref>[http://www.moital.gov.il/NR/exeres/E13924CA-0B10-42C0-9F50-76F33C5E01CC.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531161926/http://www.moital.gov.il/NR/exeres/E13924CA-0B10-42C0-9F50-76F33C5E01CC.htm |date=2014-05-31 }} [[Ministry of Economy (Israel)|Israeli Ministry of Commerce and Industry]]</ref>

According to [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]], the smoking rate in the Israeli adult population in 2009 was 20.9%, down from 34% in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/HealthAndSci-Tech/Health/Article.aspx?id=181972|title=Israeli smoking rate for 2009 down to 20.9%|access-date=2010-07-25|archive-date=2012-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019225206/http://www.jpost.com/HealthAndSci-Tech/Health/Article.aspx?id=181972|url-status=live}}</ref> A Ministry of Health nationwide survey conducted in 2011 found that 20.6% of the population aged 21 and older were smokers.<ref>{{cite news |title= A Record Number of Non-Smokers |url= http://health.walla.co.il/?w=/5059/2537905 |access-date=15 June 2012 |website= Walla |date=31 May 2012 |language= he |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120604060437/http://health.walla.co.il/?w=%2F5059%2F2537905 |archive-date= 4 June 2012}}</ref> The highest percentage of smokers was among Arab males, 44% percent of whom smoked, though this figure is down from 50% in 1996.

=== New Zealand ===
Tobacco consumption in New Zealand peaked in the mid-1970s when 60% of the population were smokers. By 2011 that number had fallen to 20% of the population, thanks to stringent tobacco control laws which are amongst the world's strictest. However, despite these laws, the number of smokers appears to be increasing as the global economy worsens and a recent spate of natural disasters have seen an increase in tobacco sales and although more males smoke than females, this gap is slowly narrowing. Tobacco consumption by [[Māori people|Maori]] remains disproportionately high despite having decreased over recent years thanks to television, internet, radio and print media anti-smoking advertising aimed at Maori. The high rate of Maori tobacco consumption has been described by many Maori health advocates and academics as a "cultural genocide".

=== Romania ===
According to the Romanian [[Ministry of Health (Romania)|Ministry of Health]], the smoking rate among the general population declined from 36% in 2004 to 26% in 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.incont.ro/social/sanatatea-vrea-taxa-mai-mare-la-tutun-si-alcool-pentru-a-i-convinge-pe-fumatori-sa-renunte-la-tigari.html | title=Sanatatea vrea taxa mai mare la tutun si alcool, pentru a-i convinge pe fumatori sa renunte la acest viciu. Tigarile s-ar putea scumpi iar | date=23 December 2014 | access-date=23 December 2014 | archive-date=23 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223220113/http://www.incont.ro/social/sanatatea-vrea-taxa-mai-mare-la-tutun-si-alcool-pentru-a-i-convinge-pe-fumatori-sa-renunte-la-tigari.html | url-status=live }}</ref> A report commissioned in 2012 revealed that 34.9% of men smoked daily, compared to 14.5% of women, and in the preceding 12 months, 37.8% of regular smokers had attempted to quit at least once.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.euractiv.ro/uniunea-europeana/articles%7CdisplayArticle/articleID_24085/Raport-4-85-milioane-de-romani-fumeaza-zilnic-sau-ocazional.-70-dintre-fumatori-isi-aprind-prima-tigara-imediat-dupa-trezire.html | title=Raport: 4,85 milioane de romani fumeaza zilnic sau ocazional. 70% dintre fumatori isi aprind prima tigara imediat dupa trezire | date=5 March 2012 | access-date=23 December 2014 | archive-date=10 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110192923/http://www.euractiv.ro/uniunea-europeana/articles%7CdisplayArticle/articleID_24085/Raport-4-85-milioane-de-romani-fumeaza-zilnic-sau-ocazional.-70-dintre-fumatori-isi-aprind-prima-tigara-imediat-dupa-trezire.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Despite a general decline in smoking prevalence, the rate among women nearly doubled from 1991 to 2011, with 55% of women smokers belonging to the 15–34 age group.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ziare.com/viata-sanatoasa/fumat/una-din-cinci-romance-este-fumatoare-1115567 | title=Una din cinci romance este fumatoare | access-date=23 December 2014 | archive-date=23 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223224001/http://www.ziare.com/viata-sanatoasa/fumat/una-din-cinci-romance-este-fumatoare-1115567 | url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Spain ===
According to the 2017 National Health Survey <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mscbs.gob.es/estadEstudios/estadisticas/encuestaNacional/encuestaNac2017/ENSE2017_notatecnica.pdf | title=Nota Técnica. Encuesta Nacional de Salud. España 2017. | date=26 June 2018 | access-date=28 January 2021 | archive-date=7 February 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207202728/https://www.mscbs.gob.es/estadEstudios/estadisticas/encuestaNacional/encuestaNac2017/ENSE2017_notatecnica.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> 22.1% of the population above the age of 15 reports smoking daily, 2.3% declares smoking occasionally, 24.9% reports being ex-smokers and 50,7% never smoked. The survey also revealed that 25,6% of men smoked, compared to 18.8% women. The historical data series shows the rate in Spain has fallen more than 10 points from 1993 to 2017, from 44% to 25.6% for men and from 20.8% to 18.8% for women. However, since 2014, the trend has slowed, with just less than 1 point improvement, from 23% to 22,1%.

=== Sweden ===
[[Image:Swedishtobacco.png|upright=1.4|thumb|Swedish citizens, 16 years or older, that consumed [[snus]] or smoking tobacco on a daily basis in 2011.<ref name=scb01>{{cite web|title=Scb.se|url=http://www.scb.se/Pages/SSD/SSD_SelectVariables____340487.aspx?rxid=86a40219-57ef-4814-91e3-8247824582f6&px_tableid=ssd_extern%3aLE0101H25|access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref>]]

The first research of smoking habits in Sweden was performed in 1946; it showed that 50% of men, and 9% of women were smokers. In 1977 41% of men and  32% of women were smokers.<ref>http://www.nicorette.se/sites/nicorette_se/files/publication/Fakta%20om%20tobaksbruk%20i%20Sverige.pdf{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> By 2011, the use of smoking tobacco on a daily basis had decreased to only 12.5% and 14.3% among women. The use of [[snus]], on a daily basis among men older than 15 years, was approximately 19.4% and only 3.0% for women.<ref name="scb01"/>

=== United Kingdom ===
{{Main|Smoking in the United Kingdom}}
The Health Survey for England in 2002 found a smoking rate of 26%. By 2007 the proportion of adult smokers in England had declined four percentage points to 22%.<ref name="The Information Centre for Health and Social Care">[http://www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/health-and-lifestyles-related-surveys/health-survey-for-england/health-survey-for-england-2007-latest-trends-%5Bns%5D Health Survey for England 2007: Latest Trends] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214141718/http://www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/health-and-lifestyles-related-surveys/health-survey-for-england/health-survey-for-england-2007-latest-trends-%5Bns%5D |date=2009-12-14 }}, the [[Information Centre for Health and Social Care]], December 2008</ref> In 2015, it was reported smoking rates in England had fallen to 16.9%, a record low.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37406105|title=Smoking rates in England fall to lowest on record|date=20 September 2016|work=BBC News|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-date=5 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105045750/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37406105|url-status=live}}</ref> The rate in England had fallen to 14.4% in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2018/07/03/turning-the-tide-on-tobacco-smoking-in-england-hits-a-new-low/ | title=Turning the tide on tobacco: Smoking in England hits a new low - Public health matters | access-date=2019-07-11 | archive-date=2019-07-11 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711100506/https://publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2018/07/03/turning-the-tide-on-tobacco-smoking-in-england-hits-a-new-low/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

Overall, the numbers of smokers in the UK in 2007 was estimated at 13.7 million.<ref name="BJGPref">{{cite journal |vauthors=Simpson CR, Hippisley-Cox J, Sheikh A | title= Trends in the epidemiology of smoking recorded in UK general practice| journal=Br J Gen Pract |volume=60 |issue=572 |pages=e121–e127| year=2010| doi= 10.3399/bjgp10X483544 |pmid=20202355 |pmc=2828860}}</ref>  In 2007 the rate of smoking amongst the most socioeconomically affluent patients was 14%, compared to 34% for the most deprived.<ref name="BJGPref"/> Figures from 2013 show that proportion of the British population (UK excluding Northern Ireland) who smoke has fallen to 19%.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press Release: Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Adult Smoking Habits in Great Britain, 2013|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ghs/opinions-and-lifestyle-survey/adult-smoking-habits-in-great-britain--2013/index.html|website=Office of National Statistics|access-date=26 November 2014|archive-date=4 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504131241/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ghs/opinions-and-lifestyle-survey/adult-smoking-habits-in-great-britain--2013/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== United States ===
Of U.S. smokers in 2005, 80.8% (or 36.5 million) smoked every day, and 19.2% (or 8.7 million) smoked some days. The prevalence of current cigarette smoking also varied substantially across population groups. For instance, current smoking was higher among men at 23.9% than women at 18.1%. This is consistent with other countries (see table). Among [[Race (classification of human beings)|racial]] and [[ethnic]] groups, [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] and [[Alaska Natives]] had the highest prevalence at 32.0%, followed by [[non-Hispanic whites]] at 21.9%, and non-Hispanic [[Black people|blacks]] at 21.5%. Hispanics at 16.2%, and Asians at 13.3% had the lowest rates.<ref name="CDC2005">[https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5542a1.htm Tobacco Use Among Adults: United States, 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926235944/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5542a1.htm |date=2017-09-26 }}, [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]], October 27, 2006 {{Pd-notice}}</ref>

Smoking prevalence also based on education level, with the highest among adults who had earned a [[General Educational Development]] (GED) [[diploma]] at 43.2% and those with 9–11 years of education at 32.6%. Prevalence generally decreased with increasing education. Adults aged 18–24 years were at 24.4% and 25–44 years were at 24.1% had the highest prevalences. The prevalence of current smoking was higher among adults living below the [[poverty line]] at 29.9% than among those at or above the poverty line at 20.6%.<ref name="CDC2005"/>

In 2005, the CDC set a 2010 target of 12% for current cigarette smoking prevalence. Certain populations had already surpassed these when it was set. This included Hispanic (11.1%) and Asian (6.1%) women, women with [[undergraduate degree|undergraduate]] (9.6%) or [[graduate degree|graduate]] (7.4%) degrees, men with undergraduate (11.9%) or graduate (6.9%) degrees, men aged over 65 years (8.9%), and women aged over 65 years (8.3%).<ref name="CDC2005"/>

In 2013, the national smoking average in the United States was 19.6% of the adult population. The following have some of the lowest percentages of smokers with their states: 
* Utah, 10.6%, lowest percentage of smokers.
* California, 11.7% 2nd lowest.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.csulb.edu/sites/default/files/groups/livewell/california_tobacco_facts_and_figures_2015.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2020-02-22 |archive-date=2016-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629151944/http://www.csulb.edu/sites/default/files/groups/livewell/california_tobacco_facts_and_figures_2015.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* Hawaii, 14.6%, 3rd lowest. 
* Connecticut, 16%, 4th lowest.
* Massachusetts, 16.4%, 7th lowest.
* Vermont, 16.5%, 9th lowest.<ref>{{cite web|title=10 Healthiest States in America|url=http://healthinformatics.uic.edu/infographics/10-healthiest-states-in-america-infographic/|website=University of Illinois at Chicago|access-date=15 September 2014|date=2014-07-15|archive-date=2014-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009195722/http://healthinformatics.uic.edu/infographics/10-healthiest-states-in-america-infographic/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Among cigarette smokers in 2005, an estimated 42.5% had stopped smoking for at least 1 day during the preceding 12 months because they were trying to quit. Among the estimated 42.5% (or 91.8 million) of people who had smoked at least 100 cigarettes during their lifetimes (the question the CDC asked to measure if they were ever smokers or not), 50.8% (or 46.5 million) did not smoke currently. In 2005, prevalence of current [[cigar]] smoking was 2.2% and current [[smokeless tobacco]] use was 2.3%. Prevalence of cigar smoking and use of smokeless tobacco were higher among men (4.3% and 4.5%, respectively) than women (0.3% and 0.2%).<ref name="CDC2005"/>

There are large regional differences in smoking rates, with Kentucky, West Virginia, Oklahoma and Mississippi topping the list, and Idaho, California and Utah at significantly lower rates.<ref>{{cite journal |title=State-specific prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults and quitting among persons aged 18-35 years—United States, 2006 |journal=MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep |volume=56 |issue=38 |pages=993–6 |date=September 2007 |pmid=17898692 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5638a2.htm |author1=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |access-date=2017-09-10 |archive-date=2011-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809052347/http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5638a2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Persons with mental illness, making up about 20% of the population, consume about 33% of the tobacco used. Persons with serious mental illness die 25 years earlier than average, often from smoking related illnesses.<ref name=NYT02613>{{cite news|title=Smoking, Once Used to Reward, Faces a Ban in Mental Hospitals|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/health/psychiatric-hospitals-alter-rules-on-patient-smoking.html|access-date=February 7, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 6, 2013|author=Pam Belluck|quote=New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the nearly 46 million adults with mental illness have a smoking rate 70 percent higher than those without mental illness, and consume about a third of the cigarettes in the country, though they make up one-fifth of the adult population.|archive-date=February 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207073450/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/health/psychiatric-hospitals-alter-rules-on-patient-smoking.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2015, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention noted in their report, "The percentage of U.S. adults who smoke cigarettes declined from 20.9 percent in 2005 to 16.8 percent in 2014. Cigarette smoking was significantly lower in 2014 (16.8 percent) than in 2013 (17.8 percent)." The CDC concluded this from data obtained by a survey of Americans. However, researchers said that they are not sure if products 
like e-cigarettes are in any way helpful to reduce smokers in the country. Around 4,000 minors start smoking in the US every day.<ref name=MakadiaRoper2017>{{cite journal|last1=Makadia|first1=Luv D.|last2=Roper|first2=P. Jervey|last3=Andrews|first3=Jeannette O.|last4=Tingen|first4=Martha S.|title=Tobacco Use and Smoke Exposure in Children: New Trends, Harm, and Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes|journal=Current Allergy and Asthma Reports|volume=17|issue=8|pages=55|year=2017|issn=1529-7322|doi=10.1007/s11882-017-0723-0|pmid=28741144|s2cid=22360961}}</ref>

As of 2018, a total of 13.7% of U.S. adults (16.7% of men and 13.6% of women) smoke.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lung.org/research/trends-in-lung-disease/tobacco-trends-brief/overall-tobacco-trends|title=Overall Tobacco Trends|date=2020|website=lung.org|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918172033/https://www.lung.org/research/trends-in-lung-disease/tobacco-trends-brief/overall-tobacco-trends|url-status=live}}</ref>

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==See also==
*[[List of countries by cigarette consumption per capita]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Smoking}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100613142745/http://www.who.int/tobacco/mpower/2009/Appendix_VIII-table_1.pdf WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2009: Surveys of adult tobacco use in WHO Member States]
* {{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GBD_report_2004update_full.pdf|title=The Global Burden of Disease 2004 Update|access-date=2008-01-01|year=2008|publisher=World Health Organization|ref=WHO2004GBD}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/entity/tobacco/mpower/mpower_report_full_2008.pdf|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090207002649/http://www.who.int/entity/tobacco/mpower/mpower_report_full_2008.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 7, 2009|title=WHO REPORT on the global TOBACCO epidemic|access-date=2008-01-01|year=2008|publisher=World Health Organization|ref=WHO2008MPOWER}}
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/health/smoking-stays-stubbornly-high-among-the-poor.html Smoking Proves Hard to Shake Among the Poor]
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