Global tobacco use is continuing its decades-long fall according to WHO

Good news!

"... Positive trendlines:  

• Prevalence of tobacco use among those 15+ was 19.5% last year, dropping from 26.2% in 2010, and 33.1% in 2000. 
• Men in Southeast Asia using tobacco plummeted to 37% last year from 70% in 2000.

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• 24.1% of adult Europeans used tobacco in 2024—the world’s highest prevalence, Health Policy Watch reports.  
• In Bulgaria, nearly 36% of people smoke— Europe’s highest prevalence.

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WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000–2024 and projections 2025–2030