Demographic characteristics and noticing antismoking information among adults aged ≥15 years in 22 countries, Global Adult Tobacco Survey, 2008–2013
| Region of the Americas | European region | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina (2012) | Brazil (2008) | Mexico (2009) | Panama (2013) | Uruguay (2009) | Greece (2013) | Poland (2009–2010) | Romania (2011) | Russia (2009) | Turkey (2008) | Ukraine (2010) | |
| Number of respondents | 6645 | 39 425 | 13 617 | 16 962 | 5581 | 4359 | 7840 | 4517 | 11 406 | 9030 | 8158 |
| Demographics | |||||||||||
| Gender (%) | |||||||||||
| Male | 47.6 | 47.9 | 47.7 | 49.9 | 47.4 | 49.1 | 47.7 | 48.2 | 45.3 | 49.1 | 45.4 |
| Female | 52.4 | 52.1 | 52.3 | 50.1 | 52.6 | 50.9 | 52.3 | 51.8 | 54.7 | 50.9 | 54.6 |
| Age (%) | |||||||||||
| 15–24 | 24.3 | 23.1 | 27.7 | 23.6 | 20.2 | 16.8 | 17.3 | 15.8 | 17.8 | 22.5 | 18.4 |
| 25–44 | 33.7 | 39.5 | 42.4 | 41.1 | 35.4 | 36.4 | 34.6 | 37.6 | 34.5 | 42.7 | 34.3 |
| 45–64 | 28.5 | 27.0 | 21.8 | 25.2 | 27.2 | 27.1 | 32.2 | 29.0 | 31.8 | 25.6 | 30.0 |
| 65 or older | 13.5 | 10.4 | 8.0 | 10.1 | 17.2 | 19.7 | 15.9 | 17.5 | 15.9 | 9.2 | 17.3 |
| Educational attainment (%) | |||||||||||
| Low | 9.5 | NA* | 18.3 | 12.2 | 10.6 | 8.1 | 1.4 | 9.3 | 0.3 | 17.1 | 0.8 |
| High | 90.5 | NA* | 81.7 | 87.8 | 89.4 | 91.9 | 98.6 | 90.7 | 99.7 | 82.9 | 99.2 |
| Place of residence (%) | |||||||||||
| Urban | NA† | 84.8 | 77.8 | 69.9 | 92.7 | 72.6 | 62.0 | 55.7 | 74.5 | 69.7 | 68.0 |
| Rural | NA† | 15.2 | 22.2 | 30.1 | 7.3 | 27.4 | 38.0 | 44.3 | 25.5 | 30.3 | 32.0 |
| Smoking tobacco use (%) | |||||||||||
| Current | 22.1 | 17.2 | 15.9 | 6.1 | 25.0 | 38.2 | 30.3 | 26.7 | 39.1 | 31.2 | 28.9 |
| Former | 22.2 | 18.2 | 14.6 | 6.7 | 24.0 | 14.8 | 21.6 | 12.6 | 13.8 | 15.9 | 15.1 |
| Never | 55.6 | 64.7 | 69.4 | 87.2 | 51.1 | 47.0 | 48.0 | 60.7 | 47.0 | 52.8 | 56.0 |
| Noticing antismoking information | |||||||||||
| Noticed anticigarette smoking information (%) | 75.9 | 73.7 | 87.1 | 66.6 | 86.9 | 32.0 | 73.1 | 83.6 | 68.1 | 88.8 | 66.0 |
| Noticed health warning labels on cigarette packages (%) | 53.2 | 68.9 | 51.2 | 58.5 | 74.2 | 70.5 | 72.3 | 79.0 | 64.3 | 80.8 | 65.1 |
| African region | Eastern Mediterranean region | South-East Asian region | Western Pacific region | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria (2012) | Egypt (2009) | Qatar (2013) | Bangladesh (2009) | India (2009–2010) | Indonesia (2011) | Thailand (2009) | China (2010) | Malaysia (2011) | Philippines (2009) | Vietnam (2010) | |
| Number of respondents | 9765 | 20 924 | 8398 | 9629 | 69 296 | 8305 | 20 566 | 13 354 | 4250 | 9701 | 9925 |
| Demographics | |||||||||||
| Gender (%) | |||||||||||
| Male | 50.0 | 51.0 | 52.5 | 49.7 | 51.7 | 49.9 | 48.6 | 50.9 | 51.5 | 49.9 | 48.6 |
| Female | 50.0 | 49.0 | 47.5 | 50.3 | 48.3 | 50.1 | 51.4 | 49.1 | 48.5 | 50.1 | 51.4 |
| Age (%) | |||||||||||
| 15–24 | 34.4 | 33.0 | 23.6 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 24.1 | 20.0 | 21.5 | 27.7 | 29.6 | 25.9 |
| 25–44 | 43.8 | 40.0 | 52.4 | 43.1 | 42.0 | 45.1 | 41.4 | 39.5 | 41.5 | 42.0 | 41.9 |
| 45–64 | 16.2 | 21.5 | 21.2 | 20.8 | 21.7 | 23.7 | 28.9 | 29.2 | 23.7 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| 65 or older | 5.6 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 8.8 |
| Educational attainment (%) | |||||||||||
| Low | 36.2 | 41.0 | 5.4 | 51.3 | 43.2 | 22.0 | 33.7 | 15.9 | 10.1 | 21.5 | 21.3 |
| High | 63.8 | 59.0 | 94.6 | 48.7 | 56.8 | 78.0 | 66.3 | 84.1 | 89.9 | 78.5 | 78.7 |
| Place of residence (%) | |||||||||||
| Urban | 37.0 | 45.3 | NA† | 26.2 | 29.2 | 50.2 | 31.1 | 46.1 | 72.1 | 49.8 | 30.7 |
| Rural | 63.0 | 54.7 | NA† | 73.8 | 70.8 | 49.8 | 68.9 | 53.9 | 27.9 | 50.2 | 69.3 |
| Smoking tobacco use (%) | |||||||||||
| Current | 3.9 | 19.4 | 12.1 | 23.0 | 14.0 | 34.8 | 23.7 | 28.1 | 23.1 | 28.2 | 23.8 |
| Former | 3.1 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 6.5 | 12.1 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 11.3 | 9.8 |
| Never | 93.0 | 76.2 | 82.3 | 71.0 | 83.1 | 58.7 | 64.2 | 66.5 | 72.9 | 60.5 | 66.4 |
| Noticing antismoking information | |||||||||||
| Noticed anticigarette smoking information (%) | 41.2 | 67.5 | 75.2 | 49.6 | 51.7 | 52.1 | 86.9 | 59.8 | 94.0 | 80.1 | 91.9 |
| Noticed health warning labels on cigarette packages (%) | 25.9 | 93.2 | 64.4 | 51.6 | 36.9 | 53.4 | 81.0 | 58.5 | 76.1 | 75.6 | 83.6 |
*Brazil classified education differently from the standard protocol and is not comparable.
†Argentina and Qatar did not report type of residence.
NA, not available or applicable.