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7.3% of the adult population are current smokers
There are approximately 564,796 current smokers in Haiti
12.6% of men are current smokers but only 2.3% of women
Country profile
Data sourced:
2022.
Page updated:
2025-01-07
Smoking in Haiti
There has been a gradual upwards trend in current smoking prevalence in the general population in Haiti. In 2000 the prevalence was estimated to be 11%; this increased to 12% in 2015, with a projection to increase to 14% by 2025. This increase in prevalence has been driven entirely by men's smoking, which increased from 18% to 21.5% between 2000 and 2015, and is projected to increase further to 26% by 2025 according to WHO trend data. Women's smoking during the same period remained low at 5% in 2000, 3% in 2015, and is projected to decrease to 2% by 2025. The WHO published prevalence trend estimates in tobacco smoking, as shown here, in their 2018 2nd edition report, which show slightly different smoking prevalence to the WHO country profiles. Data for the estimates are not age standardised, and were obtained from WHO databases. The trend lines are projections, not predictions, of future attainment. A projection indicates a likely endpoint if the country maintains its tobacco control efforts at the same level that it has implemented them to date. Therefore the impact of recent interventions could alter the expected endpoint shown in the projection. While the methods of estimation used in the first and second editions of the WHO report are the same, the volume of data available for the second edition is larger i.e. 200 more national surveys. The results presented are therefore more robust.
2,934
Deaths
In Haiti, 2934 people die each year due to tobacco smoking.
7.3%
tobacco smoking
The prevalence of current tobacco smoking among adults is 7.3%.
Nicotine Vaping Devices
in Haiti
There is no specific law regarding e-cigarettes. If you have an update please e-mail the GSTHR team.
Heated Tobacco Products
in Haiti
You can't advertise HTP in Haiti.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy
in Haiti
You can't advertise NRT in Haiti.
Snus
in Haiti
Used in Scandinavia for more than 200 years, snus is providing smokers in Sweden and Norway with an alternative to combustible cigarettes. Find out what it is, and why it is considered a safer nicotine product in our briefing paper.
Pouches
in Haiti
Nicotine pouches are a relatively new product which can provide users of high-risk tobacco with an alternative that poses fewer risks to their health. Read more about nicotine pouches in our briefing paper
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