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. 2006 Apr;15(2):114–119. doi: 10.1136/tc.2005.012468

Table 1 Cigarette consumption, smoking prevalence, adult population, gross domestic product‐purchasing power parities (GDP‐PPP), and price of cigarettes of all the countries of the European region (data from TCCP23).

Country ISO Annual per adult consumption (No. cigs) Smoking prevalence (%) Population (⩾15 years), 2000 (millions) Real price of a pack of cigarettes (US$) GDP‐PPP, 2000 ($)
Men Women Age range (years) Period Domestic Foreign
Albania AL 1056 60.0 18.0 ⩾15 1999/2000 2195 0.42§ 3474
Andorra AD 44.0 28.0 ⩾15 1997 86* 20984
Armenia AM 67.5 3.1 Men 15–54; women 15–49 2000/2001 2889 0.90 2407
Austria AT 1516 ⩾15 2000 6737 3.32 3.61 25133
Azerbaijan AZ 573 30.2 1.1 ⩾16 2000 5711 0.71 1.02 2732
Belarus BY 2000 53.0 9.0 ⩾18 2000 8283 7083
Belgium BE 1837 28.0 20.0 ⩾15 2001 8478 2.92 3.17 25877
Bosnia‐Herzegovina BA 1456 ⩾15 1995 3224 0.84¶ 0.84¶ 5647
Bulgaria BG 3407 38.4 16.7 ⩾18 1997 6697 0.27§ 5698
Croatia HR 1995 34.1 26.6 18–65 2000 3814 1.48 2.29 7104
Cyprus CY 38.5 7.6 Adult: not specified 1998 603 1.34§ 16135
Czech Rep CZ 1800 36.2 22.0 15–64 2000 8585 1.31 1.61 13333
Denmark DK 1856 32.0 29.0 ⩾15 2000 4349 4.48 4.48 26541
Estonia EE 2103† 44.0 20.0 16–64 2000 1147 0.88§ 8516
Finland FI 1123 27.0 20.0 25–64 2000 4239 3.66 3.96 23588
FYR of Macedonia MK 2310 ⩾15 . 1574 0.61§ 4701
France FR 1594 33.0 21.0 ⩾18 2000 48140 3.07 3.61 23353
Georgia GE 60.0 15.0 40–65 1999 4185 0.19§ 2814
Germany DE 1843 38.9 30.6 18–59 2000 69278 3.05 3.15 24052
Greece GR 2977 46.8 29.0 ⩾15 2000 9012 1.98 2.48 15557
Hungary HU 2654 53.1 30.4 ⩾18 1999 8279 0.99 1.68 11676
Iceland IS 1956 25.3 22.9 18–69 2000 214 5.04 5.04 28206
Ireland IR 2304 32.0 31.0 Adult: not specified 1998 2983 5.11 5.15 25054
Israel IL 2250† 38.6 22.1 25–64 1999–2001 4334 2.53 3.59 18898
Italy IT 2039 31.1 22.3 ⩾15 2002 49314 2.16 3.07 22619
Kazakhstan KZ 1881 Adult: not specified 2000 11809 0.37§ 5689
Kyrgyzstan KG 60.0 15.6 18–65 1998 3251 2504
Latvia LV 49.1 13.0 Adult: not specified 1999 2000 0.48§ 6263
Lithuania LT 1511 51.0 15.8 ⩾15 2000 2977 0.50§ 6562
Luxembourg LU 39.0 27.0 ⩾15 1998 355 2.18 2.57 39870
Malta MT 2959‡ 33.7 14.9 ⩾15 1995 311 2.33§ 14353
Moldova MD 46.0 18.0 Adult: not specified 1999 3302 0.19¶ 2005
Monaco MC . 33 23753
Norway NO 721 31.0 32.0 16–74 1999–2000 3586 8.37 8.37 28951
Poland PL 2395 42.0 23.0 ⩾15 1997–1999 31210 1.13 1.51 8631
Portugal PT 1998 29.4 6.4 ⩾19 1995–1996 1672 2.13 2.13 16225
Romania RO 1730 61.7 25.0 25–45 1995 18343 0.58 0.73 6771
Russia RU 2919 63.7 9.2 ⩾20 1992–1998 119368 0.57 1.01 5575
San Marino SM 28.0 17.0 ⩾14 Early 1990 27 23812
Serbia and Montenegro YU 1961 50.9 33.3 35–64 1994–1995 8439 22.00** 90.00** 3989
Slovakia SK 1529 41.1 14.7 ⩾15 1998 4345 0.66 10702
Slovenia SI 2658 28.0 20.1 25–65 2001 1672 0.93 1.45 16171
Spain ES 2909 39.1 24.6 ⩾16 2001 34036 1.39 2.38 18087
Sweden SE 1107 17.4 20.4 16–84 2000–2001 7234 4.02 4.13 23306
Switzerland CH 2809 26.9 24.0 35–74 2000–2001 5976 3.27 3.27 27825
Tajikistan TJ . 3690 1015
Netherlands NL 2951 32.2 25.3 ⩾15 2001 12962 3.17 3.17 24731
Turkey TR 2159 50.9 10.9 ⩾20 1997–1998 46647 1.07 1.41 6194
Turkmenistan TM 27.0 1.0 ⩾15 1990 2954 3411
Ukraine UA 1242 56.9 10.0 ⩾18 2000 40728 0.26 0.71 3458
UK GB 1374 28.0 26.0 ⩾16 2001 48142 6.93 6.93 22461
Uzbekistan ZU 361 40.0 1.0 ⩾15 1991 9022 1.55 2329

Countries of the European Union are in bold.

*Total population; †annual per adult consumption (number of cigarettes) for 1995; ‡annual per adult consumption (number of cigarettes) for 1980; §price for the most popular price category; ¶average price; **prices not expressed in dollars but in local currency.

FYR, Former Yugoslav Republic; ISO, International Organization for Standardization country abbreviation.