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Data sourced: 2024.   Page updated: 2024-02-21

Prevalence

23.0 million
1A
2019
18.3 million
1B
2020
15.6 million
1C
2024
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. Calculation based on population size data of people over 15 years of age (16+). Source of population data: World Population Prospects 2019 [Internet]. United Nations; 2019. (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, editor. Population Division). Report No.: Rev. 1. Available from: https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/
  2. 1. WHO. (2021). WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000-2025, fourth edition (4th ed). World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/348537 2. Calculation based on population size data of people over 15 years of age (16+). Source of population data: World Population Prospects 2019 [Internet]. United Nations; 2019. (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, editor. Population Division). Report No.: Rev. 1. Available from: https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/
  3. "National Tobacco Control Strategy Pakistan 2022-2030", Government of Pakistan, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation & Coordination http://www.ctcpak.org/docs/Notifications/National%20Tobacco%20Control%20Strategy%202022-2030.pdf
16.9%
1A
2019
13.1%
1B
2020
12.4%
1C
2023
References:
  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. WHO. (2021). WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000-2025, fourth edition (4th ed). World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/348537
  3. "National Tobacco Control Strategy Pakistan 2022-2030", Government of Pakistan, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation & Coordination http://www.ctcpak.org/docs/Notifications/National%20Tobacco%20Control%20Strategy%202022-2030.pdf
2.8%
1A
2019
3.1%
1B
2020
2.1%
1C
2023
References:
  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. WHO. (2021). WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000-2025, fourth edition (4th ed). World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/348537
  3. "National Tobacco Control Strategy Pakistan 2022-2030", Government of Pakistan, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation & Coordination http://www.ctcpak.org/docs/Notifications/National%20Tobacco%20Control%20Strategy%202022-2030.pdf
31%
1A
2019
22.7%
1B
2020
22.2%
1C
2023
References:
  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. WHO. (2021). WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000-2025, fourth edition (4th ed). World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/348537
  3. "National Tobacco Control Strategy Pakistan 2022-2030", Government of Pakistan, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation & Coordination http://www.ctcpak.org/docs/Notifications/National%20Tobacco%20Control%20Strategy%202022-2030.pdf
14.5 million
2 A
11.5%
2 A
2%
2 A
20.6%
2 A
1%
2 A
References:
  1. "National Tobacco Control Strategy Pakistan 2022-2030", Government of Pakistan, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation & Coordination http://www.ctcpak.org/docs/Notifications/National%20Tobacco%20Control%20Strategy%202022-2030.pdf
  2. Global Adult Tobacco Survey, 2014. Available at:https://nccd.cdc.gov/GTSSDataSurveyResources/Ancillary/DataReports.aspx?CAID=1
Comments:
  1. In Pakistan, GATS was conducted in 2014 as a household survey of persons 15 years of age and older. A multi-stage, geographically clustered sample design was used to produce nationally representative data. There were a total of 7,831 completed individual interviews.

Smoking-related mortality

References:
  1. The Tobacco Atlas. Available at: https://tobaccoatlas.org/topic/deaths/ Data source: GBD 2016 Risk Factors Collaborators.
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