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Prevalence

Number of current smokers:
1.3 million
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Adult current tobacco smoking prevalence:
27.4%
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Adult current tobacco smoking prevalence (female):
6.4%
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Adult current tobacco smoking prevalence (male):
48.4%
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References:
  1. (1) WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000-2025, third edition. (2019). World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/who-global-report-on-trends-in-prevalence-of-tobacco-use-2000-2025-third-edition. (2) Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Ed.). (2019). World Population Prospects 2019 (Online Edition Rev. 1.; Population Division). United Nations. https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/

Smoking-related mortality

Annual number of deaths attributable to tobacco smoking:
7.3 thousand
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Annual number of deaths attributable to tobacco smoking (female):
2.4 thousand
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Annual number of deaths attributable to tobacco smoking (male):
4.9 thousand
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Annual percentage of all deaths attributable to tobacco smoking:
16.13%
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Annual percentage of all deaths attributable to tobacco smoking (female):
11.2%
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Annual percentage of all deaths attributable to tobacco smoking (male):
18.6%
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References:
  1. The Tobacco Atlas. Available at: https://tobaccoatlas.org/topic/deaths/ Data source: GBD 2016 Risk Factors Collaborators.