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