Prevalence of Smoking Cigarettes

Prevalence of Smoking

Prevalence: is the number of existing cases by a certain condition in a given period of time.

A) In the World: approximately one third of the world, over 15 years, consists of smokers, which is 1.2 billion people.

Scientific studies have revealed a scary: about 47% of the men of the world's population and 12% of women are smokers.

Approximately 2 / 3 of smokers around the world live in 10 countries: China, India, Indonesia, USA, Japan, Brazil, Bangladesh, Germany and Turkey. People who used to smoke cigar makes them life short. There are many kinds of diseases can get in smoking cigarettes. Cigarettes smoking is dangerous in our health, makes us sick and even cause by death. If you are a smoker make up your mind and find stop smoking programs or centers who can help you kick that bad habit before its too late.

See the table below the prevalence of smoking in some countries, according to the latest report of WHO (World Health Organization) on the tobacco epidemic in the world:

Country	Prevalence in adults (> 18 years of age)
Argentina	29.7%
Bangladesh	36.8%
Brazil	16.2%
China	35.8%
Egypt	29.9%
France	29.9%
Germany	27.2%
Indonesia	34.5%
Italy	22%
Mexico	18.9%
South Korea	29.1%
South Africa	22.4%
Turkey	34.6%
U.S.	23.2%

Between 2002 and 2006 WHO sponsored a survey to evaluate the prevalence of smoking among adolescents (13 to 15 years old), this study was called "Global Youth Tobacco Survey Data." This research has classified adolescents according to the consumption or exposure to smoking. Questioned about the use of cigarettes during the 30 days preceding the survey and verified if any person has smoked at least one cigarette next to the teenager in the 7 days preceding the survey.

See the results of this research in some countries:

Prevalence of smoking among adolescents (13 to 15 years old)
Country	Cigarette smoking in the last 30 days	Exposure to cigarette smoke in the last 7 days (in residence)
Argentina	Boys: 17.2% Girls: 26.8%	61.1%
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)	Boys: 9.1% Girls: 12.9%	35%
Chile	Boys: 27.6% Girls: 39.2%	60.6%
Colombia	Boys: 31.0% Girls: 33.4%	6.7%
Mexico	Boys: 24.4% Girls: 23.2%	51.6%
United States	Boys: 13.9% Girls: 13.6%	57.2%

In Brazil: Studies B) estimate that 32% of the population over age 15 are smokers, or 38 million people.

From 2002 to 2005, the Ministry of Health and National Cancer Institute (INCA) performed a very large, the "Household Survey on Risk Behavior and Morbidity from Diseases and Noncommunicable Diseases, which had as one of the goals determine the prevalence of smoking. This study was conducted in 15 Brazilian capitals and the Federal District.

The prevalence of smoking ranged from 12.9% to 25.2% in the cities studied. Here are the results according coma city assessed:

Prevalence of smoking according to sex and age
City	Gender		Age
	men	Women	15 to 24 years	25 to 49 years	50 years and over
Manaus	45%	55%	31.5%	52.9%	15.6%
Bethlehem	42.5%	57.5%	30.6%	50.2%	19.2%
Palmas	48.7%	51.3%	34.3%	% 55.7	10.1%
St. Louis	43.5%	56.5%	32.6%	50.6%	16.3%
Fortaleza	44.2%	55.8%	28.5%	49.2%	22.2%
Christmas	43.5%	56.5%	29.6%	48.9%	21.5%
Joao Pessoa	40.7%	59.3%	26.5%	51.4%	22.2%
Recife	43.1%	56.9%	24.5%	49.1%	26.4%
Aracaju	41.9%	58.1%	29.5%	50.9%	19.5%
Belo Horizonte	43.7%	56.3%	25.0%	52.6%	22.4%
Victoria	46.0%	54.0%	25.8%	49.1%	25.1%
Rio	40.7%	59.3%	19.9%	48.4%	31.7%
Sao Paulo	43.4%	56.6%	26.9%	50.7%	22.4%
Curitiba	44.7%	55.3%	24.0%	54.2%	21.8%
Florianópolis	44.5%	55.5%	22.8%	48.6%	28.6%
Porto Alegre	44.3%	55.7%	22.9%	47.5%	29.6%
Campo Grande	44.2%	55.8%	29.6%	47.6%	22.8%
Distrito Federal	43.4%	56.6%	30.0%	52.2%	17.9%

many people are not aware of the diseases and illness cause of smoking cigarettes. You can get a Lung Cancer, Skin Allergy, Gum Cancer and many more. All Smokers out there, I Really encourage you to stop smoking cigarettes.There are many easy ways in stop smoking or you can make your own plan to kick that bad habit.