Deaths attributable to tobacco in EECA
(2025)
Over the last two decades, most countries in the region have seen a decrease in the percentage of deaths attributable to tobacco. Belarus and Armenia experienced the most notable reductions between 2000 and 2019. Conversely, however, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Azerbaijan have witnessed an increase in the share of tobacco-attributable deaths. The overall decline in tobacco-attributable death rates in EECA from 2000 to 2019 may indicate advances in tobacco control efforts, or improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of tobacco-related diseases across the region, or a combination of both.