People who smoke | Zambia – yearly data, chart and table
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Overview
Number of smokers amounted to 14.60% of the adult population of Zambia in 2022. In 2021, the value was 14.80%. This is the first year of decline after a period of growth (Includes only years with available data). Since 2000, for the whole period of WHO data, share of tobacco users in Zambia has decreased in 1.35 times. The highest number of people who smoke was in 2000, when it reached 19.70 % of population 15+.
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About indicator
The percentage of the population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”.
