Smoking, vaping, HTP, NRT and snus in Brazil

The prevalence of current tobacco smoking has been decreasing in the general population in Brazil, from 25% in 2000 to 14% in 2015, with a further decrease to 10% projected by 2025. The decreasing trend in smoking prevalence for men went from 30% in 2000 to 18.5% in 2015, with a further decrease to 14% projected by 2025. For women it has decreased from 20% in 2000 to 11% in 2015, with a further decrease to 7% projected 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.