Cigarette consumption CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK

1 4 10 15

1952 1972 1992 1996

Rising numbersAverage number of manufactured cigarettessmoked per man per dayin China1996

A U S T R A L I A

REP.KOREA

BARBADOS

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

SOLOMONISLANDS

BAHAMAS

ZIMBABWE

UGANDA

TURKMEN

UZBEKISTANKYRGYZSTAN

ARMAZER

MADAGASCAR

Hong Kong SAR

SRI LANKA

JAMAICA

CUBA DOMINICANREPUBLIC

M A L A Y S I A

SAUDI ARABIA

C H I N A

LAOPDR

VIET NAMTHAILAND

I N D I ABANGLADESH

ISL . REP .IRAN

PAKISTAN

AFGHANISTAN

TURKEY

IRAQ

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

ISRAELWEST BANK

& GAZA JORDAN

BAHRAIN

KUWAITNEPAL

K A Z A K H S T A N

U N I T E D S T A T E SO F A M E R I C A

C A N A D A

ALGERIA

CHAD S U D A N

NIGERIA

C A R

DEM. REP.CONGO

ETHIOPIA

ANGOLA

E G Y P T

MOROCCOTUNISIA

LIBYANARAB

JAMAHIRIYA

MAURITANIA

SENEGALGAMBIA

GUINEA-BISSAU

LIBERIA

CÔTE D’IVOIRE

BURKINAFASO

GH

ANA

TOG

O

CAMEROON

GABON

CONGO

SOUTH AFRICA

MOZAMBIQUE

MALAWIZAMBIA

UNITED REP.TANZANIA

B

R

KENYA

SIERRA LEONE

MALIGUATEMALAEL SALVADOR

PANAMA

MEXICO

HAITI

BOLIVIA

PARAGUAY

B R A Z I L

VENEZUELA

COLOMBIA

HONDURAS

NICARAGUA

COSTA RICA

ECUADOR

PERU

GUYANASURINAME

BELIZE

ARGENTINA

URUGUAY

CHILE

PHILIPPINES

NEW

ZEALAND

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

MAURITIUS

MALDIVES

SINGAPORE

SAMOA

FIJI

3130

“Short, snappy, easily attempted, easily completed or just as easily discarded

before completion – the cigarette is the symbol of the machine age."

New York Times, 1925

Global consumption of cigarettes has been rising steadily since manufactured cigarettes were introduced at the beginning of the 20th century. While consumption is levelling off and even decreasing in some countries, worldwide more people are smoking, and smokers are smoking more cigarettes.

The numbers of smokers will increase mainly due to expansion of the world’s population. By 2030 there will be at least another 2 billion people in the world. Even if prevalence rates fall, the absolute number of smokers will increase. The expected continuing decrease in male smoking prevalence will be offset by the increase in female smoking rates, especially in developing countries.

The consumption of tobacco has reached the proportions of a global epidemic. Tobacco companies are cranking out cigarettes at the rate of five and a half trillion a year – nearly 1,000 cigarettes for every man, woman, and child on the planet.

Cigarettes account for the largest share of manufactured tobacco products, 96 percent of total value sales. Asia, Australia and the Far East are by far the largest consumers (2,715 billion cigarettes), followed by the Americas (745 billion), Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Economies (631 billion) and Western Europe (606 billion).

Cigarette Consumption6 Annual cigarette consumption

2,500 and above

1,500 – 2,499

500 – 1,499

1 – 499

no data

per person1998 or latest available data

CROATIA

ITALY

REP.MOLDOVA

UKRAINE

ESTONIA

AUSTRIA HUNGARY

BULGARIA

ROMANIA

GREECE

YUGOSLAVIA

POLAND

SLOVENIA

BELARUS

RUSSIANFED.

UNITEDKINGDOM

TUNISIA

IRELAND

DENMARK

FRANCE

SPAIN

PORTUGAL

GERMANY

SWITZ.

BELGIUM

NETH.

MOROCCO

ALGERIA

ICELAND

MALTA

NORWAYFINLAND

SWEDEN

SLOVAKIACZECHREPUBLIC

1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000

10 20 50 100300

600

1,000

1,686

2,150

3,112

4,388

5,419 5,500

Global cigaretteconsumptionBillions of sticks1880–2000

Indonesia215 billion

Russia258 billion

Japan328 billion

USA451 billion

China1,643 billion

Top 5 countriesBillions of cigarettes consumed1998

ChinaOne in three

cigarettes smokedin the world today are

smoked in China.

IndiaSeven bidis

are sold for every one cigarette.

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