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26 paź 2023 · Smoking by very young people continues to be widespread and is a growing problem in some countries. Globally, the estimated number of young teen males and females 13–15 years old who smoke cigarettes or use smokeless tobacco products is approximately 50 million.
2 lis 2023 · Adolescent smokeless tobacco users are more likely than nonusers to become adult cigarette smokers. See how smoking and smokeless tobacco use are almost always initiated and established during adolescence.
2 lut 2021 · The most recent global prevalence of cigarette smoking was 11·3% (95% CI 10·3–12·3) in boys and 6·1% (5·6–6·6) in girls, based on cigarette smoking on at least 1 day during the past 30 days, 6·0% (5·5–6·6) and 2·6% (2·4–2·9) based on smoking on at least 3 days, and 4·2% (3·8–4·6) and 1·6% (1·4–1·8) based on smoking ...
Tobacco use is initiated and established primarily during adolescence (defined as ages 10-19): nearly 90 percent of adults in the U.S. who smoke daily first tried cigarettes by age 18, and 98 percent first tried cigarettes by age 26. Each day in the U.S., around 1,500 youth aged 17 or younger smoke their first cigarette.
More than a quarter (27.6%) of current youth e-cigarette users use an e-cigarette product every day. More than 4 in 10 youth e-cigarette users report using e-cigarettes at least 20 of the last 30...
The ninth WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic tracks the progress made by countries in tobacco control since 2008, and marks 15 years since the introduction of the MPOWER technical package which is designed to help countries implement the demand-reduction measures of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Data on smoking prevalence and patterns of tobacco use among adults and youth that are both recent and representative of the national population are key to successful guidance of tobacco control programmes.
