Smoking, vaping, HTP and snus in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The prevalence of current tobacco smoking has decreased in the general population in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 48% in 2000 to 39% in 2015, and is projected to reduce further to 34% by 2025. The reduction in prevalence for men has been from 60% in 2000 to 48% in 2015, and is projected to decrease to 42% by 2025. For women, smoking prevalence was 36% in 2000 and declined to 29% in 2015, with a projection to reduce further to 27% 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.