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. 2019 May 13;8:80. Originally published 2019 Jan 21. [Version 2] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.17635.2

Table 3. Perception and markers of addiction to smoking.

Country BR FR GR IL IN JP LB MW NZ RU SA UK US
Smokers, n 368 619 630 350 534 518 540 381 338 714 693 500 456
Do you consider
yourself addicted
to cigarettes?
Total
"addicted"
85.3% 87.4% 90.0% 68.7% 64.9% 90.9% 71.9% 74.0% 79.9% 85.6% 76.3% 79.0% 79.5%
You smoke a few
minutes after
waking up
Yes 48.9% 32.9% 41.3% 14.7% 48.3% 49.7% 39.6% 53.4% 38.2% 35.7% 59.3% 35.2% 47.6%
You can't spend
2 hours without
smoking
Yes 34.1% 19.8% 38.0% 13.3% 24.5% 18.2% 37.3% 32.6% 19.7% 27.7% 31.4% 21.2% 19.1%
Have you ever
spent money on
cigarettes that
you knew would
be better spent
on household
essentials like
food? (yes)
Yes 86.8% 46.9% 44.4% 29.0% 60.2% 20.5% 29.0% 60.5% 36.1% 51.2% 40.6% 33.8% 37.2%

Data are presented as unweighted n and weighted percentages

BR=Brazil, FR=France, GR=Greece, IL=Israel, IN=India, JP=Japan, LB=Lebanon, MW=Malawi, NZ=New Zealand, RU=Russia, SA=South Africa, UK=United Kingdom, US=United States