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

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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

2524

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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