![]() Least change in the daily smoking rates was seen in Mexico and Brazil. In these countries the reduction has been over 10 percent points.īiggest falls in number of daily smokers was seen in Greece, Hungary, Turkey and Indonesia. This from in the fifteen years has been seen maximally in Denmark, Iceland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Brazil, India, Lithuania and the Russian Federation. There was a 28 percent reduction in daily smoking rates since 2000. In 2015, an average of 18 percent of adults smoked regularly. The report also looked at daily smoking rates in the different countries. Gender gap between males and females is least in Denmark and Iceland.īiggest gaps between number of women and men smokers is seen in Indonesia at 73 points, China at 46 points and the Russian Federation at 34 points. Men smoke least in Iceland and Brazil with less than one in 10 smokers. Korea, Mexico, China, India and Indonesia have less than 5 percent women smokers.Īmong males, almost 40 percent of the population smoke in countries like Turkey, China, Indonesia and Russian Federation. Highest rates of female smokers are seen in Austria, Greece and Hungary, where over one in five women smoke. Numbers of smokers are least in Mexico and Brazil making up for 10 percent of the population. ![]() Highest number of smokers can be found in countries such as Greece, Hungary and Turkey and Indonesia with over a quarter of the population smoking. The latest OECD countries report “Health At a Glance 2017” shows that 14 percent of women and 23 percent of men - making up of a little over 18 percent adults smoking in these countries. At least seven million people worldwide die of tobacco smoking and of these 890,000 die of exposure to second hand smoke. It ranks second biggest cause of disability and diseased years in 16 OECD countries. Reports have shown that smoking is responsible for the most number of healthy life years lost in 15 OECD countries. Smoking and alcohol exposure among pregnant mothers is associated with severe health consequences for the baby. Smoking is directly associated with lung diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Both smoking and alcohol consumption have been linked to several deadly diseases include coronary heart disease, ischemic heart disease, strokes, diabetes, several cancers, liver diseases etc.
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