Smoking status prevalence (%) (95% CI) by city and sex
| Barquisimeto | Bogota | Buenos Aires | Lima | Mexico city | Quito | Santiago | |
| Men | |||||||
| Current* | 32.2 (27.7–36.7) | 31.3 (27.1–35.5) | 39.7 (36.2–43.2) | 38.0 (34.2–41.7) | 34.4 (30.2–38.5) | 49.4 (45.9–52.9) | 47.7 (44.2–51.1) |
| Former† | 22.3 (19.2–25.3) | 18.9 (15.2–22.5) | 30.0 (26.9–33.1) | 26.0 (22.6–29.4) | 14.8 (12.1–17.6) | 18.0 (15.5–20.5) | 26.8 (23.6–30.1) |
| Never‡ | 45.5 (40.8–50.3) | 49.8 (45.3–54.4) | 30.4 (26.6–34.1) | 36.0 (31.9–40.2) | 50.8 (45.9–55.7) | 32.6 (29.4–35.7) | 25.5 (22.4–28.6) |
| Women | |||||||
| Current* | 14.9 (12.7–17.1) | 15.0 (11.1–18.9) | 37.7 (34.2–41.3) | 15.4 (12.6–18.2) | 21.0 (18.8–23.2) | 10.5 (7.8–13.2) | 43.3 (39.7–46.9) |
| Former† | 12.8 (10.9–14.7) | 8.5 (6.4–10.7) | 23.1 (18.0–24.5) | 21.8 (18.4–25.2) | 8.9 (6.7–11.1) | 5.6 (3.7–7.6) | 17.3 (14.9–19.8) |
| Never‡ | 72.3 (69.5–75.1) | 76.5 (72.7–80.3) | 41.0 (37.2–44.7) | 62.8 (58.7–66.8) | 70.1 (67.3–73.0) | 83.9 (80.0–87.8) | 39.4 (36.1–42.7) |
95% CI, 95% confidence interval.
↵* Participants who reported daily or occasional consumption of cigarettes, cigars or pipe tobacco.
↵† Participants who had smoked at least 100 cigarettes, 10 cigars or 10 pipes in their lifetime but who have quit smoking a year ago.
↵‡ Participants who never smoked or smoked <100 cigarettes, 20 cigars or 20 pipes in their lifetime.