USA 18 and over UK 16 and over Japan 15 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 physicians 2000 or latest available data selected countries percentages women men Australia Bangladesh Bosnia and Herzegovina Chile China Colombia Denmark Iceland India Morocco Republic of Korea Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Spain Sweden Syrian Arab Republic UK 50 55 24 40 12 61 22 21 20 29 3 2 4 1 8 18 Indonesia 14 1 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 1 43 5 30 13 41 16 38 32 37 6 6 2 4 6 8 28 Smoking trends percentage of male smokers 1960–2000 selected countries 0 0 0 Smoking among males aged 15 and over latest available data Top ten highest overall smoking rates of 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% CROATIA ITALY REP. MOLDOVA UKRAINE LITHUANIA LATVIA ESTONIA ALBANIA AUSTRIA YUGOSLAVIA FYR MACEDONIA HUNGARY BULGARIA ROMANIA GREECE POLAND SLOVENIA BELARUS RUSSIAN FED. UNITED KINGDOM TUNISIA TUNISIA LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA IRELAND DENMARK FRANCE SPAIN PORTUGAL GERMANY SWITZ. BELGIUM LUX. NETH. MOROCCO ALGERIA ICELAND NORWAY FINLAND SWEDEN SLOVAKIA CZECH REPUBLIC MALTA SAN MARINO ANDORRA B-H AUSTRALIA REP. KOREA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO BARBADOS PALAU NAURU TONGA ST VINCENT & GRENADINES BAHAMAS ZIMBABWE UGANDA TURKMEN UZBEKISTAN KYRGYZSTAN ARM GEO AZER Hong Kong SAR SRI LANKA CUBA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PUERTO RICO BRUNEI DAR. MALAYSIA SAUDI ARABIA CHINA MONGOLIA VIETNAM CAMBODIA LAO PDR THAILAND INDIA BANGLADESH ISL. REP. IRAN PAKISTAN TURKEY IRAQ CYPRUS SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC ISRAEL WEST BANK & GAZA JOR LEBANON BAHRAIN UAE QATAR OMAN KUWAIT YEMEN NEPAL KAZAKHSTAN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA C A N A D A ALGERIA CHAD SUDAN NIGERIA DEM. REP. CONGO EGYPT MOROCCO SENEGAL GAMBIA GUINEA CÔTE D’IVOIRE G H A N A NAMIBIA SOUTH AFRICA MALAWI ZAMBIA UNITED REP. TANZANIA KENYA DJIBOUTI S L GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR MEXICO HAITI BOLIVIA PARAGUAY BRAZIL VENEZUELA COLOMBIA HONDURAS NICARAGUA COSTA RICA PANAMA ECUADOR PERU ARGENTINA URUGUAY CHILE PHILIPPINES NEW ZEALAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA I N D O N E S I A JAPAN RUSSIAN FEDERATION GREENLAND MAURITIUS SEYCHELLES SINGAPORE MYANMAR TOKELAU SAMOA NIUE COOK TUVALU KIRIBATI FIJI VANUATU RWANDA MALDIVES SAO TOME & PRINCIPE 25 24 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.” Male Smoking 3