3 Male smoking CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
USA18 and over
UK16 and over
Japan15 and over
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
81%
78%
70%
61%
54%
1960
1970
1980
1990
1998
61%
55%
42%
31%
28%
1965
1970
1979
1990
1999
52%
44%
38%
28%
26%
Physicians who smoke
Smoking prevalence among physicians2000 or latest available data selected countriespercentages
womenmen
Aust
ralia
Bang
lade
sh
Bosn
ia a
nd H
erze
govi
na
Chile
Chin
a
Colo
mbi
a
Denm
ark
Icel
and
Indi
a
Mor
occo
Repu
blic
of K
orea
Russ
ian
Fede
ratio
n
Saud
i Ara
bia
Spai
n
Swed
en
Syria
n Ar
ab R
epub
lic
UK
50
55
24
40
12
61
22
21
20
29
3
24
1
8
18
Indo
nesi
a
14
1
Lao
Peop
le’s
Dem
ocra
tic R
epub
lic 143
530
13
41
16
38
32
37
66
2
4
68
28
Smoking trendspercentage of male smokers 1960–2000 selected countries
0
0
0
Smoking among males aged 15 and overlatest available data
Top tenhighest overall smoking ratesof men and women combined
60% and above
50% – 59%
40% – 49% below 20%
30% – 39%
20% – 29%
no data
Smoking prevalence for men
50%
49%
47%
44%
48%
54%
47%
52%
45%
44%
CROATIAITALY
REP.MOLDOVA
UKRAINE
LITHUANIA
LATVIA
ESTONIA
ALBANIA
AUSTRIA
YUGOSLAVIA
FYR MACEDONIA
HUNGARY
BULGARIA
ROMANIA
GREECE
POLAND
SLOVENIA
BELARUS
RUSSIANFED.
UNITEDKINGDOM
TUNISIA
TUNISIA
LIBYANARAB
JAMAHIRIYA
IRELAND
DENMARK
FRANCE
SPAIN
PORTUGAL
GERMANY
SWITZ.
BELGIUM
LUX.
NETH.
MOROCCO
ALGERIA
ICELAND
NORWAYFINLAND
SWEDEN
SLOVAKIACZECHREPUBLIC
MALTA
SAN MARINO
ANDORRA
B-H
A U S T R A L I A
REP.KOREA
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
BARBADOS
PALAU
NAURU
TONGA
ST VINCENT & GRENADINES
BAHAMAS
ZIMBABWE
UGANDA
TURKMEN
UZBEKISTANKYRGYZSTAN
ARM
GEOAZER
Hong Kong SAR
SRI LANKA
CUBA DOMINICANREPUBLIC
PUERTO RICO
BRUNEI DAR.
M A L A Y S I A
SAUDI ARABIA
C H I N A
MONGOLIA
VIETNAM
CAMBODIA
LAOPDR
THAILAND
I N D I ABANGLADESH
ISL . REP .IRAN
PAKISTAN
TURKEY
IRAQ
CYPRUSSYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
ISRAEL
WEST BANK & GAZA
JORLEBANON
BAHRAIN
UAE
QATAR
OMAN
KUWAIT
YEMEN
NEPAL
K A Z A K H S T A N
U N I T E D S T A T E S
O F A M E R I C A
C A N A D A
ALGERIA
CHAD S U D A N
NIGERIA
DEM. REP.CONGO
E G Y P T
MOROCCO
SENEGAL
GAMBIA
GUINEACÔTE
D’IVOIRE GH
ANA
NAMIBIA
SOUTH AFRICA
MALAWIZAMBIA
UNITED REP.TANZANIA
KENYA
DJIBOUTI
S
L
GUATEMALAEL SALVADOR
MEXICO
HAITI
BOLIVIA
PARAGUAY
B R A Z I L
VENEZUELA
COLOMBIA
HONDURAS
NICARAGUA
COSTA RICAPANAMA
ECUADOR
PERU
ARGENTINA
URUGUAY
CHILE
PHILIPPINES
NEWZEALAND
PAPUANEW
GUINEA
I N D O N E S I A
JAPAN
R U S S I A N F E D E R A T I O N
GREENLAND
MAURITIUS
SEYCHELLESSINGAPORE
MYANMAR
TOKELAU
SAMOA
NIUE
COOK
TUVALU
KIRIBATI
FIJIVANUATU
RWANDA
MALDIVES
SAO TOME& PRINCIPE
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Smoking has been portrayed by its sellers as a manly, masculine habit, linked to health, happiness, fitness, wealth, power and sexual success. In reality, it leads to sickness, premature death and sexual problems.
Almost one billion men in the world smoke – about 35 percent of men in developed countries and 50 percent of men in developing countries. Trends in both developed and developing countries show that male smoking rates have now peaked and, slowly but surely, are declining. However, this is an extremely slow trend over decades, and in the meantime men are dying in their millions from tobacco. In general, the educated man is giving up the habit first, so that smoking is becoming a habit of poorer, less educated males.
China deserves special mention because of the enormity of the problem. Comprising over 300 million male smokers, this huge market is, according to Philip Morris, “the most important feature on the landscape.”
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