Table 4.

Smoking prevalence (in %) among Albanian adults, 2007 and 2009

Age and gender	2007					2009
	Daily smokers	Occasional smokers	Former smokers	Ever smokers	Quit ratio	Daily smokers	Occasional smokers	Former smokers	Ever smokers	Quit ratio
Total	34.9	6.5	6.8	48.2	14.1	38.7	8.4*	7.5	54.6*	13.7
18–19 years	14.2	9.0	0.5	23.7	2.1	25.0*	13.5*	3.3*	41.8*	7.9*
20–24 years	29.1	11.1	2.5	42.7	5.9	35.5	10.8	4.3*	50.6*	8.5*
25–34 years	35.4	7.5	2.9	45.8	6.3	38.7	9.4*	4.7*	52.8	8.9*
35–44 years	36.0	5.3	6.7	48	14.0	38.9	8.3*	7.5	54.7	13.7
45–54 years	37.6	6.2	9.0	52.8	17.0	39.0	6.0	8.8	53.8	16.4
55–64 years	38.6	4.0	10.4	53	19.6	42.4	5.2*	10.8	58.4	18.5
Over 65 years	39.8	4.0	14.6	58.4	25.0	44.3	8.6*	13.0	65.9	19.7*
Males	58.8	5.6	10.7	75.1	14.2	60.7	4.9	11.9	77.5	15.4
18–19 years	26.9	15.6	1.0	43.5	2.3	44.4*	10.7*	4.3*	59.4*	7.2*
20–24 years	49.3	9.8	3.0	62.1	4.8	58.4*	7.2*	5.5*	71.1*	7.7*
25–34 years	64.2	6.7	5.3	76.2	7.0	65.4	5.2*	6.7*	77.3	8.7
35–44 years	61.6	3.1	11.3	76	14.9	64.1	5.6*	11.3	81.0	14.0
45–54 years	63.9	4.5	14.6	83	17.6	60.8	2.9*	14.3	78.0	18.3
55–64 years	59.6	4.1	17.1	80.8	21.2	57.8	2.7*	17.9	78.4	22.8
Over 65 years	60.2	2.5	19.8	82.5	24.0	58.4	3.0	23.0	84.4	27.3
Females	11.5	7.4	2.9	21.8	13.3	17.4*	11.9*	3.3	32.6*	10.1
18–19 years	2.5	2.9	0.0	5.4	0.0	7.1*	16.1*	2.4*	25.6*	9.4*
20–24 years	10.3	12.3	1.9	24.5	7.8	14.1*	14.2	3.2*	31.5*	10.2*
25–34 years	8.9	8.3	0.8	18	4.4	14.3*	13.3*	2.8*	30.4*	9.2*
35–44 years	10.2	7.5	2.0	19.7	10.2	13.3*	11.0*	3.7*	28.0*	13.2
45–54 years	9.5	8.0	3.1	20.6	15.0	15.8*	9.3	2.9	28.0	10.4*
55–64 years	16.4	3.9	3.3	23.6	14.0	26.1*	7.9*	3.4	37.4*	9.1*
Over 65 years	21.8	5.4	10.1	37.3	27.1	32.0*	13.5*	4.2*	49.7*	8.5*

Sample size was 4000. All estimates are weighted. Quit ratio is defined as the ratio of former smokers to ever smokers.

^*Difference in 2009 from the year 2007 is statistically significant at the 95% confidence level.