Table 2.

Percentage of adults ≥15 years old, by place of residence, gender and smoking status, GATS Brazil, 2008.

Gender and smoking status				Brazil		Place of residence
						Urban		Rural
				%	[95% Confidence Interval]	%	[95% Confidence Interval]	%	[95% Confidence Interval]
Overall
	Current tobacco smoker 1			17.2	[16.7–17.7]	16.6	[16.1–17.1]	20.3	[19.1–21.7]
		Daily smoker		15.1	[14.6–15.5]	14.5	[14.0–15.0]	18.0	[16.8–19.3]
		Occasional Smoker		2.1	[1.9–2.3]	2.1	[1.9–2.3]	2.3	[1.9–2.9]
			Occasional Smoker, formerly daily	0.9	[0.8–1.0]	0.9	[0.8–1.0]	0.9	[0.7–1.2]
			Occasional Smoker, never daily	1.2	[1.1–1.4]	1.2	[1.1–1.3]	1.4	[1.1–1.9]
	Non-smoker			82.8	[82.3–83.3]	83.4	[82.9–83.9]	79.6	[78.3–80.9]
		Former daily smoker		14.1	[13.7–14.5]	13.9	[13.5–14.4]	15.0	[13.9–16.1]
		Never daily smoker		68.7	[68.1–69.3]	69.5	[68.8–70.1]	64.7	[63.1–66.2]
		Former occasional smoker		4.1	[3.8–4.3]	4.1	[3.9–4.4]	3.9	[3.3–4.6]
		Never smoker		64.7	[64.0–65.3]	65.3	[64.7–66.0]	60.8	[59.1–62.5]
Male
	Current tobacco smoker 1			21.6	[20.8–22.3]	20.6	[19.8–21.4]	26.3	[24.4–28.3]
	Daily smoker			18.9	[18.2–19.6]	18.0	[17.2–18.8]	23.3	[21.5–25.2]
		Occasional Smoker		2.7	[2.4–2.9]	2.6	[2.3–2.9]	3.0	[2.4–3.9]
			Occasional Smoker, formerly daily	1.0	[0.9–1.2]	1.0	[0.8–1.2]	1.1	[0.7–1.6]
			Occasional Smoker, never daily	1.6	[1.4–1.9]	1.6	[1.4–1.8]	1.9	[1.4–2.7]
	Non-smoker			78.4	[77.6–79.2]	79.4	[78.6–80.2]	73.7	[71.7–75.6]
		Former daily smoker		17.2	[16.6–17.9]	17.1	[16.4–17.9]	17.8	[16.3–19.3]
		Never daily smoker		61.2	[60.3–62.1]	62.3	[61.3–63.2]	55.9	[53.8–57.9]
		Former occasional smoker		4.2	[3.8–4.5]	4.3	[3.9–4.7]	3.6	[2.9–4.5]
		Never smoker		57.0	[56.1–57.9]	58.0	[57.0–59.0]	52.2	[50.1–54.4]
Female
	Current tobacco smoker 1			13.1	[12.6–13.7]	13.1	[12.5–13.7]	13.5	[11.9–15.1]
		Daily smoker		11.5	[11.0–12.1]	11.5	[10.9–12.0]	11.9	[10.5–13.5]
		Occasional Smoker		1.6	[1.4–1.8]	1.6	[1.4–1.8]	1.5	[1.1–2.2]
			Occasional Smoker, formerly daily	0.7	[0.6–0.9]	0.7	[0.6–0.9]	0.7	[0.4–1.2]
			Occasional Smoker, never daily	0.8	[0.7–1.0]	0.8	[0.7–1.0]	0.9	[0.6–1.3]
	Non-smoker			86.9	[86.3–87.4]	86.9	[86.3–87.5]	86.5	[84.8–88.1]
		Former daily smoker		11.2	[10.7–11.7]	11.1	[10.6–11.7]	11.7	[10.2–13.4]
		Never daily smoker		75.7	[74.9–76.4]	75.8	[75.0–76.6]	74.8	[72.6–76.9]
		Former occasional smoker		4.0	[3.7–4.4]	4.0	[3.7–4.3]	4.2	[3.2–5.4]
		Never smoker		71.7	[70.9–72.4]	71.8	[71.0–72.6]	70.7	[68.4–72.8]

Note: ¹ Current smoker includes both daily and occasional (less than daily) smoker.