Smoking, vaping, HTP, NRT and snus in Moldova

There has been an upwards trend in current smoking prevalence in the general population in Moldova. In 2000 the prevalence was estimated to be 23%; this increased to 24% by 2015, with a projection to increase to 24.5% by 2025. This increase in prevalence has been driven mainly by men's smoking, which increased from 44% to 45% between 2000 and 2015, and is projected to increase further to 46% by 2025 according to WHO trend data. Women's smoking during the same period increased very slightly from 5.2% in 2000 to 5.5% in 2015, and is projected to reduce to 5.4% 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 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.