SMOKING STATISTICS

World Wide Smoking Statistics

A third of male adults smoke worldwide

Smoking related diseases kills 1 in 10 people globally

By the year 2030 smoking will kill as many as 1 in 6 people

The rate of smoking is on the rise in developing countries and declining in developed

In America rates have decreased from the mid 1960's to the mid 1990s by 23%

In developing countries the rate has increased at a rate of 3.4 % pr year

12 times more British people have died related to smoking than all the deaths of world war 2

Smoking causes more than 1 in 5 deaths in America

In the Western Pacific region has the highest rate of smoking 2.3 of men smoke

1 in 3 cigarettes are sold in the region

in young teens 13-15 years of age 1 in 5 smoke

80,000 and 10,000 children start smoking every day, 1.2 of these live in Asia

50% of these smoke for the next 15-20 years

Cambodia 67% of urban males smoke and 86% of rural

China 67% males 4 % of women 3000 due every day in China related to smoking

Japan 51% males and 10% of women and this is on the rise in women

Malaysia 50% of men and 30% of adolescent boys, lung cancer is increasing

Phillipines 60% of men 40% boys

Korea 67% men 6.7% of women