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Percentage of tobacco smokers worldwide from 2000 to 2025, by age
Prevalence of tobacco smoking worldwide among those aged 15 years and older from 2000 to 2025, by age
This statistic depicts the prevalence of tobacco smoking worldwide from 2000 to 2015 and projections for 2020 and 2025, by age. According to the data, it is projected that the prevalence of tobacco smoking among those aged 15-24 years will decrease from 19.1 percent in 2000 to 12.3 percent in 2025.
Prevalence of tobacco smoking worldwide among those aged 15 years and older from 2000 to 2025, by age
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This statistic depicts the prevalence of tobacco smoking worldwide from 2000 to 2015 and projections for 2020 and 2025, by age. According to the data, it is projected that the prevalence of tobacco smoking among those aged 15-24 years will decrease from 19.1 percent in 2000 to 12.3 percent in 2025.
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- May 2018
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 2018
- Age group
- 15 years and older
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- * Projected
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 2018
- Age group
- 15 years and older
- Supplementary notes
- * Projected
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- Percentage of high school students who smoke cigarettes in 2017, by gender and ethnicity
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- Lifetime prevalence of cigarette use for grades 8, 10 and 12 combined from 1991 to 2018
- 30-day prevalence of cigarettes use for grades 8, 10 and 12 combined from 1991 to 2018
- Percentage of high school students in the U.S. who used tobacco products in the past 30 days as of 2018, by product
- Percentage of middle school students in the U.S. who used tobacco products in the past 30 days as of 2018, by product
- Percentage of smokers in the U.S. who thought smoking was harmful from 2001 to 2017, by daily tobacco consumption
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- Increased chance of health problems as a result of smoking in the United States as of 2014
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- Number of deaths due to lung and bronchus cancer in the United States from 1999 to 2015
- Percentage of persons with hypertension and high blood pressure in the U.S. in periods between 1988 and 2016
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- Percentage of employers in the U.S. that offered select wellness programs and events as of 2018
- Percentage of substance abuse treatment facilities in the United States that had select tobacco cessation programs as of 2016
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