Tobacco CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
KIRIBATI
Smoking among females aged 15 and overlatest available data
50% and above
40% – 49%
30% – 39%
20% – 29%
10% – 19%
below 10%
no data
Smoking prevalence for women
women smoke as much as men
men smoke ten or more times more than women
Smoking trendspercentage of female smokers 1960–2000 selected countries
199922%
199023%1979
30%197032%
196534%
USA18 and over
UK16 and over
Japan15 and over
200014%
199014%
198014%1970
16%
196013%
199826%
199029%1980
37%197044%
196042%
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CROATIASAN MARINO
ITALY
REP.MOLDOVA
UKRAINE
YUGOSLAVIA
LITHUANIA
LATVIA
ESTONIA
ALBANIA
AUSTRIA HUNGARY
BULGARIA
FYR MACEDONIA
ROMANIA
GREECE
POLAND
SLOVENIA
BELARUS
RUSSIANFED.
UNITEDKINGDOM
TUNISIA
IRELAND
DENMARK
FRANCE
ANDORRAS P A I N
PORTUGAL
GERMANY
SWITZ.
BELGIUM
LUX.
NETH.
MOROCCO
ALGERIA
ICELAND
NORWAYFINLAND
SWEDEN
SLOVAKIACZECHREPUBLIC
MALTA
A U S T R A L I A
BARBADOS
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
PALAU
NAURU
TONGA
ST VINCENT & GRENADINES
BAHAMAS
ZIMBABWE
UGANDA
TURKMEN
UZBEKISTANKYRGYZSTAN
GEOAZER
ARMENIA
Hong Kong SAR
CUBA DOMINICANREPUBLIC
PUERTO RICO
BRUNEI DAR.
M A L A Y S I A
SAUDI ARABIA
C H I N A
M O N G O L I A
VIETNAMLAOPDR
THAILAND
CAMBODIA
I N D I ABANGLADESH
SRI LANKA
PAKISTAN
TURKEY
IRAQ
CYPRUS
TUNISIA
ISRAEL
LEBANON
WEST BANK& GAZA JORDAN
BAHRAIN
QATAR
UAE
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
S U D A NNIGERIA
DEM. REP.CONGO
EGYPT
MOROCCO LIBYANARAB
JAMAHIRIYA
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SENEGAL
GUINEAGAMBIA
CÔTE D’IVOIRE G
HAN
A
NAMIBIA
SOUTH AFRICA
ZAMBIA
UNITED REP.TANZANIA
MALAWI
RWANDA
KENYA
DJIBOUTI
SWAZILAND
LESOTHO
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
SEYCHELLES
SINGAPORE
MYANMAR
SOLOMONISLANDS
TOKELAU
SAMOA
NIUE
COOK
TUVALU
FIJIVANUATU
REP.KOREA
SYRIAN ARAB REP.
ISL. REP.IRAN
MALDIVES
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“…the current lower level of tobacco use among women in the world…does not
reflect health awareness, but rather social traditions and women’s low economic
resources.” Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director General, WHO, 1998
About 250 million women in the world are daily smokers. About 22 percent of women in developed countries and 9 percent of women in developing countries smoke tobacco. In addition, many women in south Asia chew tobacco.
Cigarette smoking among women is declining in many developed countries, notablyAustralia, Canada, the UK and the USA. But this trend is not found in all developed countries. In several southern, central and eastern European countries cigarette smoking is either still increasing among women or has not shown any decline.
The tobacco industry promotes cigarettes to women using seductive but false images of vitality, slimness, modernity, emancipation, sophistication, and sexual allure. In reality, it causes disease and death. Tobacco companies have now produced a range of brands aimed at women. Most notable are the “women-only” brands: these “feminised” cigarettes are long, extra-slim, low-tar, light-coloured or menthol.
Female Smoking4
