Smoking, vaping, HTP, NRT and snus in Benin

The prevalence of current tobacco smoking in the general population in Benin has decreased from 8% in 2000 to 6% in 2015, with a projection for a further decrease to 5% by 2025. The prevalence for men in 2000 was 15%, which decreased to 12% in 2015 and is projected to decrease further to 10% by 2025. Over the same period the prevalence of women smoking decreased from 2% in 2000 to 0.6% in 2015, and is projected to decrease to 0.3% 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.