Smoking, vaping, HTP, NRT and snus in Jamaica

Current smoking prevalence in the general population in Jamaica has decreased slightly in recent years, but has now plateaued. In 2000 the smoking prevalence was 18%, which decreased to 17% in 2015, and is projected to remain the same, at 17%, by 2025 according to WHO trend data. For men, smoking prevalence has increased from just under 28% in 2000 to just over 28% in 2015, with a further increase to 30% projected by 2025. For women, smoking prevalence has decreased from 9% in 2000 to 6% in 2015, with a further decrease to 4% 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 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.