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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 24.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Control. 2016 Dec 12;27(1):50–57. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053381

Table 2.

The effects of nations reaching the highest level for MPOWER policies*

Country Year of
meeting
highest level
Income
status
Smoking rate
males (%)
Smoking rate
females (%)
Total (male and female)
number of smokers
affected
Long-term
effect size (%)
Reduction in the
smoking-attributable deaths
Barbados 2010 HIC 14.2 1.6 17 778 −5.3 384.92
Burkina Faso 2010 LIC 23.6 11.1 1 567 539 −0.6 4167
Chad 2010 LIC 17.4 2.9 554 625 −0.8 1793
Colombia 2010 MIC 19.5 7.4 4 360 121 −8.3 148 442
Greece 2010 HIC 48.2 35.1 3 827 004 −3.3 51 315
Guatemala 2010 MIC 23.9 3.4 1 140 209 −2.2 10 054
Honduras 2010 MIC 24.8 2.3 697 460 −4.2 12 119
Libya 2010 MIC 32.0 1.5 759 198 −2.4 7352
Malta 2010 HIC 34.6 20.9 95 293 −0.8 310
Namibia 2010 MIC 20.9 5.3 185 720 −6.0 4586
Nauru 2010 LIC 49.7 56.0 3302 −5.2 70
Pakistan 2010 LIC 32.4 5.7 23 486 870 −0.4 35 014
Panama 2010 MIC 17.3 3.7 259 975 −8.5 9100
Peru 2010 MIC 23.3 7.3 3 158 190 −7.0 91 250
Seychelles 2010 MIC 35.5 7.0 14 990 −9.7 594
Spain 2010 HIC 35.3 23.9 11 696 404 −3.5 168 070
Thailand 2010 MIC 41.7 1.9 11 435 114 −4.1 193 863
Trinidad and Tobago 2010 HIC 36.5 7.3 218 082 −6.2 5502
Turkey 2010 MIC 51.9 17.3 20 042 442 −6.9 564 554
Argentina 2012 MIC 32.4 22.4 8 081 980 −7.7 255 217
Brazil 2012 MIC 21.6 13.1 24 366 963 −10.1 1 005 852
Brunei Darussalam 2012 HIC 31.8 2.9 52 744 −3.6 768
Bulgaria 2012 MIC 50.3 28.2 2 536 885 −7.6 79 015
Congo 2012 MIC 13.0 1.3 164 509 −3.7 2494
Costa Rica 2012 MIC 18.0 8.6 447 159 −5.3 9704
Ecuador 2012 MIC 36.3 8.2 2 085 893 −6.2 52 982
Lebanon 2012 MIC 43.2 33.8 1 147 973 −6.9 32 333
Mongolia 2012 MIC 48.0 6.9 543 490 −7.1 15 897
Nepal 2012 LIC 35.5 15.9 4 637 859 −2.1 40 450
West Bank Gaza Strip 2012 MIC 37.6 2.6 493 130 −3.5 7016
Papua New Guinea 2012 MIC 60.3 27.0 1 725 386 −1.1 7953
Venezuela 2012 MIC 25.2 13.9 3 849 971 −9.2 145 413
Bhutan 2012 MIC 8.4 4.7 33 898 −0.4 53
Saudi Arabia 2012 MIC 35.0 5.7 4 327 936 −5.3 94 423
Madagascar 2014 LIC 28.5 0.8 1 851 590 −2.5 18 786
Algeria 2014 MIC 27.1 1.7 3 912 141 −7.2 115 496
Russian Federation 2014 MIC 53.3 16.1 40 021 782 −12.0 1 966 933
Jamaica 2014 MIC 22.9 7.5 309 865 −10.0 12 765
Chile 2014 MIC 37.0 31.0 4 653 312 −12.3 234 793
Suriname 2014 MIC 38.4 9.9 91 785 −11.6 4369
Israel 2010 HIC 29.0 17.7 1 260 990 −5.4 27 845
Turkey 2010 MIC 51.9 17.3 20 042 442 −6.3 518 646
United Arab Emirates 2010 HIC 28.1 2.4 869 701 −2.3 8166
Denmark 2012 HIC 24.7 24.0 1 083 898 −2.7 11 961
Kuwait 2012 HIC 38.3 2.3 573 229 −2.2 5262
Panama 2012 MIC 17.3 3.7 256 897 −2.1 2203
USA 2012 HIC 21.5 17.3 47 473 906 −1.9 370 339
Canada 2012 HIC 19.7 13.8 4 762 087 −2.8 54 087
El Salvador 2012 MIC 21.5 2.4 471 241 −3.9 7554
Brunei Darussalam 2014 HIC 32.8 3.7 57 488 −2.4 567
Malta 2014 HIC 31.7 22.2 94 539 −1.8 679
Netherlands 2014 HIC 27.0 25.0 3 612 517 −2.8 40 953
Mexico 2014 MIC 31.0 9.9 17 580 942 −5.4 390 032
Argentina 2014 MIC 29.4 15.6 6 973 994 −2.0 57 442
Egypt 2010 MIC 34.6 0.7 9 830 298 −5.0 201 521
Iran (Islamic Rep of) 2010 MIC 23.2 1.1 7 264 822 −7.5 223 393
Malaysia 2010 MIC 46.5 3.0 5 049 124 −7.5 155 261
Mauritius 2010 MIC 35.9 5.1 204 946 −7.5 6302
Mexico 2010 MIC 30.4 9.5 15 944 254 −7.5 490 286
Peru 2010 MIC 29.4 9.4 4 005 220 −7.5 123 161
Argentina 2012 MIC 32.4 22.4 8 081 980 −6.0 198 817
Bolivia 2012 MIC 37.4 17.2 1 684 462 −6.0 41 438
Canada 2012 HIC 19.7 13.8 4 607 458 −2.0 37 781
Ecuador 2012 MIC 36.3 8.2 2 085 893 −4.0 34 209
El Salvador 2012 MIC 21.5 2.4 557 739 −6.0 13 720
Madagascar 2012 LIC 28.5 0.8 1 771 575 −4.0 29 054
Mongolia 2012 MIC 48.0 6.9 543 490 −4.0 8913
Nepal 2012 LIC 35.5 15.9 4 637 859 −6.0 114 091
Niger 2012 LIC 8.7 1.0 394 489 −6.0 9704
Seychelles 2012 MIC 37.2 6.3 13 601 −6.0 335
Sri Lanka 2012 MIC 29.9 0.4 2 236 746 −8.0 73 365
Turkey 2012 MIC 47.9 15.2 17 719 227 −4.0 290 595
Ukraine 2012 MIC 50.0 11.3 11 285 109 −6.0 277 614
Singapore 2012 HIC 27.9 5.0 680 766 −2.0 5582
Djibouti 2012 MIC 41.1 9.2 138 205 −6.0 3400
Namibia 2014 MIC 20.9 5.3 182 477 −8.0 5985
Trinidad and Tobago 2014 HIC 33.5 9.4 225 863 −4.0 3704
Philippines 2014 MIC 47.6 9.0 18 249 801 −8.0 598 593
Jamaica 2014 MIC 22.1 7.2 298 645 −6.0 7347
Turkmenistan 2014 MIC 15.5 0.6 289 728 −8.0 9503
Bangladesh 2014 LIC 54.8 1.3 30 198 764 −6.0 742 890
Fiji 2014 MIC 47.0 14.3 191 916 −8.0 6295
Samoa 2014 MIC 34.9 15.3 29 710 −8.0 974
Solomon Islands 2014 LIC 56.1 26.1 134 717 −8.0 4419
Vanuatu 2014 MIC 62.3 20.2 63 517 −8.0 2083
Costa Rica 2014 MIC 18.6 8.5 480 467 −8.0 15 759
Viet Nam 2014 LIC 47.4 1.4 16 496 877 −6.0 405 823
Chad 2010 LIC 17.4 2.9 554 625 −4.6 10 375
Colombia 2010 MIC 19.5 7.4 4 360 121 −10.0 178 765
Panama 2010 MIC 17.3 3.7 259 975 −12.5 13 324
Bahrain 2012 HIC 33.4 7.0 133 668 −5.1 2814
Brazil 2012 MIC 21.6 13.1 24 366 963 −3.4 337 677
Ghana 2012 MIC 8.2 0.4 677 277 −5.2 14 440
Libya 2012 MIC 49.6 0.8 1 189 377 −9.0 43 742
Maldives 2012 MIC 34.7 3.4 43 368 −2.0 347
Mauritius 2012 MIC 40.3 3.7 216 524 −8.5 7501
Spain 2012 HIC 35.3 24.6 11 305 599 −3.0 138 595
Togo 2012 LIC 12.4 1.8 284 880 −6.5 7592
Turkey 2012 MIC 47.9 15.2 17 719 227 −13.0 944 435
Tuvalu 2012 MIC 54.6 22.7 3256 −12.4 165
Vanuatu 2012 MIC 62.3 20.2 60 848 −9.0 2254
Guinea 2012 LIC 23.2 2.0 780 522 −1.7 5408
Suriname 2014 MIC 38.4 9.9 91 785 −9.8 3669
Russian Federation 2014 MIC 53.3 16.1 40 021 782 −10.4 1 706 529
Kiribati 2014 MIC 74.1 43.1 39 692 −9.8 1587
Uruguay 2014 MIC 30.7 19.8 661 202 −9.4 25 374
United Arab Emirates 2014 HIC 28.1 2.4 1 736 395 −2.9 20 361
Yemen 2014 LIC 27.4 10.3 2 748 789 −5.6 63 000
Nepal 2014 LIC 51.9 13.3 5 590 684 −10.4 238 387
Greece 2010 HIC 48.2 35.1 3 827 004 −1.1 17 182
Hungary 2010 MIC 40.5 27.9 2 886 051 −7.1 54 741
Israel 2010 HIC 29.0 17.7 1 260 990 −12.2 63 275
Latvia 2010 MIC 50.6 23.7 685 437 −40.6 74 204
Lithuania 2010 MIC 48.4 20.1 1 012 629 −21.4 57 632
Madagascar 2010 LIC 27.3 1.8 1 795 249 −11.3 54 133
Slovenia 2010 HIC 29.0 21.9 438 439 −4.4 7869
Turkey 2010 MIC 51.9 17.3 20 042 442 −19.6 1 048 028
Cyprus 2012 HIC 43.9 16.9 211 978 −19.6 17 022
Denmark 2012 HIC 24.7 24.0 1 083 898 −3.5 15 517
Montenegro 2012 MIC 36.7 29.0 158 145 −19.3 8144
West Bank Gaza Strip 2012 MIC 37.6 2.6 493 130 −19.1 25 077
Serbia 2012 MIC 42.1 42.1 3 402 049 −31.4 284 301
Seychelles 2014 MIC 37.2 6.3 16 059 −16.3 696
Bangladesh 2014 LIC 54.8 1.3 30 198 764 −31.7 2 554 257
Romania 2014 MIC 37.4 16.7 4 473 681 −13.3 159 082
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014 MIC 46.9 34.5 1 332 912 −20.9 74 313
Croatia 2014 MIC 40.9 34.0 1 352 633 −11.7 42 243
New Zealand 2014 HIC 19.4 17.5 649 255 −10.9 29 009
Kiribati 2014 MIC 74.1 43.1 15 302 −14.0 571
*

Estimated using the Abridged SimSmoke and data from MPOWER Reports.

HIC, high-income country; LIC, low-income country; MIC, middle-income country.