1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1995 OECD rank (1st = lowest) | 1985-95 % change | OECD rank for rate of change 1985-95 | |
Tobacco products/adult, consumption, cigarettes or grams RYO per adult per year | 2493 | 1959 | 1472 | 2nd of 23 | −41% | 1st of 231-150 countries1-151 |
Cigarettes or grams RYO/ smoker/ day | 23 | 20 | 15 | 2nd of 21 | −34% | 1st of 211-152 |
Adult smoking prevalence age 15+ years (%) | 30 | 27 | 26 | 8th of 21 | −12% | 9th of 211-152 |
Youth smoking prevalence 15–24 years (%) | 35 | 32 | 29 | 10th of 19 | −18% | 3rd of 171-152 |
↵1-150 1st = largest reduction achieved of any country in group.
↵1-151 Data on tobacco products consumption per adult: 23 OECD countries compared (see Method).
↵1-152 Data on smoking prevalences and consumption per smoker, 1995: not obtained for Switzerland; Turkey; for youth prevalence not for Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Japan, Switzerland, Turkey. Netherlands data were for ages 15–19 years. In a few years, prevalences were estimated from adjacent year values.
Source: Health New Zealand database 1999,6 based on national statistical publications, US Department of Agriculture,46 UN commodity production and trade data, and OECD mid year populations, including cigarettes by number, cigars, and manufactured tobacco (including RYO and pipe) by weight, calculated as: 1 manufactured cigarette = 1 g tobacco. Smokeless tobacco was not included. RYO, roll your own.