Top 10 cigarette smoking countries

Posted on September 26th, 2009 by Jack Stone

Cigarette smoking is extremely widespread worldwide. Sometimes I think about what it would be like for an alien race encountering humans for the first time on earth and seeing this strange, deadly habit so widespread amongst a species that is considered intelligent. Who knows, maybe they’d be heavy smokers too, but I suspect to an outsider the prevalence of cigarette smoking would seem really strange.

So here’s a little statistic covering the top 10 countries for cigarette smoking. I’ve added the top 10 countries by population for comparison; it’s no surprise really that many of the top 10 cigarette smoking countries also have the largest populations. What is surprising about these numbers is that the top few countries are considered some of the most culturally and technologically advanced in the world, yet that doesn’t seem to have effect on the population’s willingness to smoke cigarettes.

Top 10 countries for cigarette smoke

  1. China
  2. India
  3. Indonesia
  4. Russia
  5. United States
  6. Japan
  7. Brazil
  8. Bangladesh
  9. Germany
  10. Turkey

Top 10 countries by population

  1. China
  2. India
  3. United States
  4. Indonesia
  5. Brazil
  6. Pakistan
  7. Bangladesh
  8. Nigeria
  9. Russia
  10. Japan

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