Table 4.
Prevalence (%) of tobacco, smokeless tobacco and e-cigarette use in European endgame countries
| Panel Aa | Panel Ba | Panel Cb | Panel Dc | Panel Ec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |
Current tobacco use prevalence 2022
Age ≥15 y% |
Current tobacco use prevalence estimate to 2025
Age ≥15 y% |
Regular daily smokers in population
Age ≥15 y Year (%) |
Current e-cigarette use
Year (%), age group |
Current smokeless tobacco use
Year (%), age group |
| Belgium | 24.7 | 22.3 | 2018 (15.4) | 2021 (10.0), ≥15 y | N/A |
| Finland | 19.6 | 16.6d | 2020 (12.0) | 2020–2021 (2.0), ≥20 y | 2020–2021 (7.0), ≥20 y |
| France | 29.2 | 28.9 | 2019 (24.0) | 2021 (6.7), 18–75 y | N/A |
| Ireland | 18.2 | 16.8 | 2022 (18.0) | 2022 (6.0), ≥15 y | N/A |
| The Netherlands | 20.1 | 18.7 | 2021 (14.7) | 2020 (1.0), ≥15 y | N/A |
| Norway | 14.0 | 12.0 | 2022 (7.0) | N/A | 2022 (18.0), 16–74 y |
| Slovenia | 18.1 | 17.3 | 2019 (17.4) | 2021 (1.3), ≥18 y | 2021 (1.3), ≥18 y |
| Sweden | 22.1 | 20.1d | 2021 (9.7) | 2022 (2.0), 16–84 y | 2022 (14.0), 16–84 y |
| United Kingdome | 13.1 | 11.5 | 2021 (14.5) | 2021 (7.7), ≥16 y | N/A |
N/A: data not available.
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WHO 2023. The Global Health Observatory. Most recent nationally representative survey reporting prevalence of current smokeless tobacco use or current e-cigarette use among adults (Tobacco control: Monitor). Available from: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/gho-tobacco-control-monitor-survey-reporting-prevalence-of-smokeless-tobacco-use-or-e-cigarette-use-among-adults (accessed 1 February 2024).
The estimates for the year 2025 for Finland (13.8%) and Sweden (10.8%) in the WHO (2024) report seem incorrect based on the observed prevalence for 2022 in Panel A and in the earlier WHO (2021) report. Thus, estimates for Finland and Sweden are taken from the earlier report: WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000–2025, fourth edition. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Available from: https://www.who.int/publications-detail-redirect/9789240039322 (accessed 1 February 2024).
Data from Scotland and England are unavailable in the WHO databases, so prevalence is presented for UK as global.