Table 2.

Smoking prevalence in different countries (%)

	Males	Females
Saudi: Male Adult (30-70 yr and older), 1996-2001	19.1	8.3
Kuwait: Adult, 1996	29.6	1.5
Italy: Adult (15 yr and older), 2002	31.1	22.3
Iraq: Adult (16 yr and older), 1990	40	5
Jordan: Adult, 1999	48	10
Japan: Adult (15 yr and older), 2002	51	10
Iran: Adult (15 yr and older), 1999-2000	22.2	2.1
Egypt: Adult (15 yr and older), 2000	40	18
Spain: Adult (16 yr and older), 2001	39.1	24.6
Turkey: Adult (20 yr and older), 1997-1998	50.9	10.9
Israel: Adult (25-64 yr and older), 1999-2001	38.6	22.1
Costa Rica: Adult (20-49 yr and older), 2001	29	9.7