Legal Status of Snus - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 Passed in 2001, the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) was the first major European legislation specifically related to tobacco products. It is the only example of a regional approach to regulation. … English 2651
1.1 billion smokers The estimated total number of smokers globally – at 1.1 billion – is static, the same number as in 2000 and predicted to be the same in 2025, disproportionally affecting poor and marginalised groups, especially in LMIC. And despite a more globally hostile environment for tobacco harm reduction, our exclusive survey of global prevalence of … English 1915
Cumulative Number of Research Papers - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 There has been a massive expansion in the number of scientific publications on vaping in recent years. In the six years from 2007-12, there were only 53 publications recorded. … English 1725
Monthly Number of Research Papers - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 It is often said that little is known about vaping and its products. In fact, there has been a massive expansion in the number of scientific publications on vaping. … English 1629
Cigarette and HTP Sales in Japan - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 Heated tobacco products (HTP) now account for about a third of tobacco sales in Japan. There is a consensus around the following factors to account for this phenomenal rise matched against a dramatic fall in cigarettes sales: » Interest in innovative technologies » Relatively high levels of disposable income » A paradoxical legal situation which … English 1928
Tobacco Smoking Prevalence - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 Historically, most countries have seen a rise and then a decline in smoking. A general decline in rates of smoking is apparent across all global regions, and for both sexes. … English 2201
Correlation Between Average Revenue Per Capita and Prevalence of Vaping in UK - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 Given the time lapse between when surveys were undertaken and 2020, it is necessary to estimate subsequent growth. The question is, what is the relationship between market growth and changes in vaping prevalence? … English 2244
Worldwide Revenue in the E-Cigarette Market - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 The US is the world’s biggest vaping market. Vaping products account for somewhere between 5-10 percent of the tobacco market (excluding sales from smaller outlets noted above) and for about 70 per cent of the global market in new pod mod systems. … English 2356
US Government Funding Roundabout - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 The US Government relies on a complicated cascade of financial assistance for its various departments. Money flows downwards from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), who in turn have to compete with all the other departments in convincing Congress of the value of their services in the fight for a share of the … English 2024
Harm Perceptions of E-Cigarettes Compared With Cigarettes - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 Even in the UK, where the government and public health authorities have taken a world-leading pragmatic approach to tobacco harm reduction and publicised support for switching, the proportion of smokers believing that smoking and vaping are equally harmful has increased from 28% in the last quarter of 2014 to over 52% in the first quarter … English 1718
Changes in the Prevalence of Smokers and Vapers Among American Youth - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 Cigarette smoking has been falling in the US for many years including among young people. When vaping products began to appear on the market, it was inevitable that some young people would want to experiment. … English 1728
Smokers in Billions - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 Globally there are 68 million people vaping, 20 million using heated tobacco products and 10 million using snus or US smokeless. This might look like a success, particularly for vaping and heated tobacco products which are recent introductions, but is it? … English 1999
Changes in the Prevalence of Smoking and Sales of Cigarettes and Snus in Iceland - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 Iceland has witnessed a dramatic decline in smoking to 8.2% in 2019, and has the second lowest adult daily smoking rate in Europe after Sweden. A long-term decline in smoking accelerated in 2007 and again in 2012. … English 1893
Prevalence of Tobacco Smoking from 2000 to 2020, with countries grouped from the highest to lowest drops in percent prevalence - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 Rates of smoking have fallen for both men and women largely due to greater public awareness of the importance of a healthier lifestyle, as well as the introduction of various tobacco control measures including advertising bans, smoke-free environments, and higher taxation. Nevertheless, reduction in smoking prevalence tends to start plateauing at around 20% of a … English 1902
Countries With the Highest Number of Current Tobacco Smokers - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 This figure illustrates how almost half the world’s smokers (46%) live in just three countries. China has the largest number of current smokers at 290 million, followed by India at 116 million and Indonesia at 61 million. … English 3991
Trends in Smoking (UK) and E-Cigarette Use (Great Britain) - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 We noted in our previous report the significant rise in vaping and decline in smoking since 2011. Around 7% of the adult population in Great Britain currently vapes, which equates to around 6 million vapers. … English 1825
Prevalence of Current Smoking Cigarettes and Current Vaping - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 Overall, as a percentage of the total adult population, current use of vaping devices in different countries ranges between 1% and 7%. As shown by this graphic there are eight countries where the prevalence of vaping is 3% or more including the UK, United Arab Emirates (UAE), US, France, Iceland, Belgium, the Russian Federation and … English 1899
Countries With the Highest Levels of Mortality Attributable to Smoking Tobacco - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 Deaths from smoking remain high. This is linked both to the current prevalence of smoking, and the legacy of smoking in previous years. … English 1926
Difference Between Levels of Adult Tobacco Smoking for Males and Females - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 Average levels of smoking at a national level hide significant differences in the levels of smoking between males and females. Almost one third of men (30%) globally smoke compared with 10% of women. … English 2371
Number of Adult Tobacco Smokers by WHO Region - Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 Smoking is not disappearing. There are as many smokers in 2020 as there were in 2000, when it was estimated that there were 1.1 billion smokers. … English 2492