Editing Cigarette (section)

== Consumption ==
[[File:Cigarettecounter pd.jpg|thumb|A [[Woolworths (supermarket)|Woolworths]] supermarket cigarette counter in [[New South Wales]], Australia: In January 2011, Australia prohibited the display of cigarettes in retail outlets countrywide.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/tobacco-display-ban-from-tomorrow-20101230-19b5h.html | title = Tobacco display ban from tomorrow | access-date = June 28, 2012 | last = Willingham | first = Richard | date = December 31, 2010 | work = The Age(Melbourne) | publisher = [[Fairfax Media]] | archive-date = June 17, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120617195250/http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/tobacco-display-ban-from-tomorrow-20101230-19b5h.html | url-status = live }}</ref>]]
[[File:Konter Rokok Circle K, Pagedangan, Kab Tangerang, Banten (5 November 2024).jpg|thumb|Various cigarettes being sold at a minimarket in the [[Bumi Serpong Damai|BSD]] suburb, [[Tangerang Regency]], [[Indonesia]]]]
Smoking has become less popular, but is still a large public health problem globally.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |title=Cigarette Smoking Among Adults - United States, 2006 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5644a2.htm#fig |access-date=November 13, 2009 |publisher=Cdc.gov |archive-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816014306/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5644a2.htm#fig |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web |date=May 28, 2002 |title=WHO/WPRO-Smoking Statistics |url=http://www.wpro.who.int/media_centre/fact_sheets/fs_20020528.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108181404/http://www.wpro.who.int/media_centre/fact_sheets/fs_20020528.htm |archive-date=November 8, 2009 |access-date=November 13, 2009 |publisher=Wpro.who.int}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Home |url=http://www.tobaccoatlas.org/ |website=The Tobacco Atlas |access-date=March 5, 2018 |archive-date=January 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102224359/https://tobaccoatlas.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Worldwide, smoking rates fell from 41% in 1980 to 31% in 2012, although the actual number of smokers increased because of population growth.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ng|first1=Marie|last2=Freeman|first2=Michael K.|last3=Fleming|first3=Thomas D.|last4=Robinson|first4=Margaret|last5=Dwyer-Lindgren|first5=Laura|last6=Thomson|first6=Blake|last7=Wollum|first7=Alexandra|last8=Sanman|first8=Ella|last9=Wulf|first9=Sarah|date=January 8, 2014|title=Smoking Prevalence and Cigarette Consumption in 187 Countries, 1980-2012|journal=JAMA|language=en|volume=311|issue=2|pages=183–92|doi=10.1001/jama.2013.284692|pmid=24399557|issn=0098-7484|doi-access=free}}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2017, 5.4 trillion cigarettes were produced globally, and were smoked by almost 1 billion people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/global-resource/the-global-cigarette-industry|title=The Global Cigarette Industry|date=August 2018|access-date=July 17, 2019|archive-date=July 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717190147/https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/global-resource/the-global-cigarette-industry|url-status=live}}</ref> Smoking rates have leveled off or declined in most countries, but is increasing in some low- and middle-income countries. The significant reductions in smoking rates in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, and other countries that implemented strong tobacco control programs{{According to whom|date=December 2019}} have been offset by the increasing consumption in low income countries, especially China. The Chinese market now consumes more cigarettes than all other low- and middle-income countries combined.

Other regions are increasingly playing larger roles in the growing global smoking epidemic. The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) now has the highest growth rate in the cigarette market, with more than a one-third increase in cigarette consumption since 2000. Due to its recent dynamic economic development and continued population growth, Africa presents the greatest risk in terms of future growth in tobacco use.

Within countries, patterns of cigarette consumption also can vary widely.&nbsp;For example, in many of the countries where few women smoke, smoking rates are often high in males (e.g., in Asia). By contrast, in most developed countries, female smoking rates are typically only a few percentage points below those of males. In many high and middle income countries lower socioeconomic status is a strong predictor of smoking.&nbsp;

Smoking rates in the United States have dropped by more than half from 1965 to 2016, falling from 42% to 15.5% of US adults.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alliedpay.com/high-risk-payment-processing/tobacco-merchant-account-services|title=Tobacco Merchant Account|date=May 21, 2019|website=Allied Payments|access-date=May 25, 2018|archive-date=July 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731204304/https://www.alliedpay.com/high-risk-payment-processing/tobacco-merchant-account-services/|url-status=live}}</ref> Australia is cutting their overall smoking consumption faster than most of the developed world, in part due to landmark Plain Packaging Act, which standardized the appearance of cigarette packs. Other countries have considered similar measures. In New Zealand, a bill has been presented to parliament in which the government's associate health minister said "takes away the last means of promoting tobacco as a desirable product."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/business/international/australias-graphic-cigarette-pack-warnings-appear-to-work.html|title=Australia's Graphic Cigarette Pack Warnings Appear to Work|first=Michelle|last=Innis|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 11, 2014|access-date=February 24, 2017|archive-date=December 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229113152/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/business/international/australias-graphic-cigarette-pack-warnings-appear-to-work.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|+Smoking prevalence by sex (ages 15 or older, 2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://apps.who.int/gho/data/view.sdg.3-a-data-reg?lang=en|title=Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco smoking among persons aged 15 years or older, 2016|date=2018|access-date=July 17, 2019|archive-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730093712/http://apps.who.int/gho/data/view.sdg.3-a-data-reg?lang=en|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! colspan="2" | Percent smoking
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! Region
! Men
! Women
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| Africa || 18% || 2%
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| Americas || 21% || 12%
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| Eastern Mediterranean || 34% || 2%
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| Europe || 38% || 21%
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| Southeast Asia || 32% || 2%
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| Western Pacific || 46% || 3%
|}

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|+Leading consumers of cigarettes (2016)<ref>Cigarette numbers and per capita consumption from The Tobacco Atlas: https://tobaccoatlas.org/topic/consumption/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325150157/https://tobaccoatlas.org/topic/consumption/ |date=March 25, 2019 }}

Population numbers from World Bank 2017</ref>

! Country !! Population<br />(millions) !! Cigarettes consumed<br />(billions) !! Cigarettes consumed<br />(per capita)
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| China || 1,386 || 2,351 || 2,043
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| Indonesia || 264 || 316 || 1,675
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| Russia || 145 || 278 || 2,295
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| United States || 327 || 266 || 1,017
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| Japan || 127 || 174 || 1,583
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