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. 2013 Aug 31;3(4):217–234. doi: 10.1016/j.jegh.2013.07.001

Table A5.

Smoking cessation and dependency (article 14 of WHO FCTC) and minor’s access and availability (article 16 of WHO FCTC).

Countries Current smokers who desire to stop smoking % (95% CI) Current smokers who tried to stop during the past year % (95% CI) Current smokers who received help to stop smoking % (95% CI) Current smokers who have or feel like having a cigarette first thing in the morning % (95% CI) Current smokers who usually buy their cigarettes in a store and were not refused purchase because of their age % (95% CI)

Total Boy Girl Total Boy Girl Total Boy Girl Total Boy Girl Total Boy Girl
Afghanistan, 2004 39.2 (14.0–71.9) 39.2 (14.0–74.3) 0 50.0 (21.5–78.6) 46.6 (18.0–77.7) 0 93.6 (58.0–99.4) 100 0 28.0 (7.3–66.0) 28.0 (7.3–66.0) 0 33.8 (14.0–71.9) 36.0 (12.5–68.9) 0
Bahrain, 2001 37.3 (29.6–45.8) 40.5 (31.5–50.2) 27.2 (12.8–48.9) 39.9 (32.0–48.4) 45.9 (36.6–55.6) 19.4 (7.8–40.7) 77.2 (69.4–83.5) 84.7 (76.5–90.4) 45.4 (26.5–65.7) 44.1 (36.0–52.6) 44.3 (35.1–53.9) 48.4 (29.4–67.9) 43.2 (35.2–51.7) 44.7 (35.5–54.4) 34.0 (17.7–55.3)
Djibouti, 2003 50.8 (36.4–65.0) 52.2 (36.2–67.8) 49.5 (13.8–85.9) 44.8 (31.0–59.4) 47.4 (31.9–63.5) 26.7 (4.3–74.8) 74.2 (59.7–84.8) 70.5 (53.9–82.9) 89.9 (39.8–99.2) 39.1 (26.1–53.8) 43.1 (28.2–59.3) 25.8 (44.4–72.2) 46.3 (32.4–60.8) 45.5 (30.0–61.9) 54.0 (18.1–86.3)
Egypt, 2001 29.1 (18.7–42.3) 40.6 (29.2–53.2) 22.9 (8.1–50.1) 37.7 (25.0–52.3) 43.2 (31.3–55.9) 29.5 (11.1–58.5) 67.3 (52.6–79.2) 78.4 (65.5–87.5) 52.9 (25.4–78.8) 33.3 (21.4–47.8) 34.4 (23.8–46.7) 35.4 (14.1–64.7) 56.1 (41.7–69.6) 48.1 (36.1–60.3) 62.8 (34.8–84.3)
Egypt, 2005 46.4 (36.5–56.6) 51.5 (40.4–62.5) 22.9 (6.5–55.9) 43.3 (33.6–53.5) 44.6 (33.9–55.8) 38.9 (14.9–69.9) 77.9 (68.4–85.1) 79.6 (68.9–87.3) 68.0 (39.2–87.5) 30.6 (22.1–40.8) 29.4 (20.0–40.9) 32.7 (12.6–62.0) 44.3 (34.4–54.7) 50.3 (38.9–61.6) 14.5 (3.0–48.1)
Gaza Strip, 2000 43.3 (33.8–53.2) 44.9 (33.5–56.9) 30.6 (18.1–46.7) 45.1 (35.6–55.1) 47.1 (35.3–59.2) 39.0 (25.2–54.8) 93.5 (87.3–96.8) 93.8 (85.4–97.5) 91.3 (78.3–96.8) 23.1 (15.9–32.2) 23.4 (14.9–34.8) 21.9 (11.5–37.9) 55.4 (45.5–65.0) 62.0 (49.4–73.2) 34.1 (21.0–50.2)
Gaza Strip, 2005 44.3 (33.5–55.7) 44.0 (31.5–57.4) 45.2 (22.4–70.3) 38.2 (28.1–49.4) 39.9 (28.0–53.1) 31.6 (13.3–58.2) 78.5 (67.5–86.5) 79.6 (66.5–88.4) 71.5 (44.0–88.9) 10.3 (5.5–18.6) 7.8 (3.4–16.8) 15.6 (4.4–42.5) 49.1 (38.2–60.1) 53.5 (40.6–66.0) 59.4 (32.8–81.5)
Iran, 2003 37.7 (27.1–49.7) 47.3 (33.6–61.3) 17.6 (5.2–45.5) 34.7 (24.4–46.6) 44.3 (30.9–58.6) 14.5 (4.2–40.0) 50.9 (39.2–62.5) 56.5 (42.1–69.9) 37.8 (18.4–62.0) 24.3 (15.5–36.1) 26.9 (16.0–41.6) 15.5 (4.5–41.7) 54.8 (42.9–66.1) 52.9 (39.0–66.3) 39.1 (18.2–65.0)
Iran, 2007 41.0 (24.2–60.3) 48.0 (28.7–67.9) 0 36.4 (20.9–55.4) 42.4 (24.6–62.3) 0 67.0 (47.7–81.9) 76.2 (56.3–88.9) 0 20.1 (9.0–39.0) 18.6 (7.6–38.6) 29.7 (5.6–96.9) 50.6 (31.8–69.2) 44.8 (26.2–65.0) 0
Iraq, 2006 53.2 (42.8–63.4) 55.1 (43.9–65.7) 33.9 (10.3–69.6) 37.1 (27.7–47.7) 40.0 (29.8–51.1) 6.8 (0.6–45.9) 83.8 (74.5–90.2) 84.0 (74.1–90.6) 81.9 (40.7–96.8) 35.6 (26.3–46.1) 37.0 (27.1–48.1) 20.3 (3.9–61.8) 59.5 (49.1–69.1) 60.3 (49.3–70.4) 50.5 (19.5–81.1)
Iraq, 2008 29.6 (19.2–42.8) 32.2 (18.0–50.6) 31.3 (14.6–54.9) 34.3 (23.2–47.5) 44.3 (27.6–62.4) 21.3 (8.3–44.6) 70.0 (56.4–80.8) 75.2 (56.8–87.5) 66.3 (42.0––84.3) 13.4 (7.1–23.7) 11.7 (4.6–26.6) 14.3 (4.9–35.1) 48.9 (35.8–62.1) 64.3 (45.9–79.3) 32.4 (15.6–55.5)
Jordan, 1999 34.2 (29.6–39.2) 37.3 (31.1–44.0) 29.3 (22.4–37.3) 41.1 (36.3–46.1) 46.0 (39.5–52.7) 33.2 (25.8–41.5) 76.6 (72.1–80.6) 81.1 (75.5–85.7) 66.3 (57.6–74.0) 21.8 (17.9–26.3) 26.5 (21.1–32.9) 12.1 (7.7–18.4) 42.0 (37.1–47.2) 47.5 (40.8–54.3) 51.8 (43.3–60.1)
Jordan, 2003 38.5 (33.6–43.7) 42.6 (35.9–49.6) 30.1 (22.7–38.7) 39.6 (34.6–44.8) 47.0 (40.2–54.0) 30.4 (23.1–38.9) 72.5 (67.7–76.8) 74.1 (67.5–79.7) 68.2 (59.8–75.7) 37.3 (32.5–42.5) 43.0 (36.3–50.0) 24.8 (18.2–32.9) 54.6 (49.4–59.7) 62.3 (55.4–68.7) 40.1 (32.0–48.7)
Jordan, 2007 43.5 (35.1–52.4) 47.3 (35.1–59.9) 34.3 (23.6–46.9) 34.4 (26.5–43.2) 35.7 (24.5–48.7) 29.9 (19.7–42.6) 74.8 (66.6–81.6) 76.5 (64.1–85.5) 69.8 (57.4–79.9) 22.9 (16.4–31.0) 22.6 (13.8–34.7) 22.0 (13.2–34.5) 52.3 (43.6–60.8) 65.5 (52.7–76.4) 32.4 (21.8–45.3)
Kuwait, 2001 38.7 (33.8–43.8) 44.0 (37.7–50.6) 24.0 (16.7–33.1) 11.2 (8.3–15.0) 8.0 (5.1–12.2) 12.4 (7.1–20.8) 90.1 (86.5–92.9) 90.9 (86.1–94.2) 95.3 (89.1–98.1) 39.4 (34.5–44.6) 39.6 (33.3–46.3) 30.2 (22.1–39.7) 53.6 (48.4–58.7) 61.5 (16.9–27.8) 58.7 (49.0–67.8)
Kuwait, 2005 42.6 (36.4–48.9) 46.6 (39.1–54.3) 26.1 (16.6–38.5) 47.3 (41.0–53.7) 48.0 (40.4–55.6) 41.3 (28.9–54.8) 77.7 (72.0–82.5) 82.3 (75.6–87.4) 64.3 (51.0–75.7) 8.1 (5.2–12.5) 8.2 (4.8–13.4) 8.9 (3.2–22.3) 55.0 (48.5–61.3) 58.5 (50.8–65.9) 43.6 (35.4–62.0)
Lebanon, 2001 26.4 (20.5–33.2) 29.1 (21.1–38.5) 21.3 (13.6–31.6) 32.3 (26.0–39.4) 34.5 (26.0–44.1) 28.2 (19.3–39.2) 88.1 (82.5–92.0) 85.5 (77.1–91.1) 91.7 (83.7–95.9) 25.5 (19.8–32.3) 26.5 (19.0–35.7) 24.5 (16.1–35.4) 58.1 (50.9–65.0) 70.2 (60.9–78.0) 39.4 (28.9–50.9)
Lebanon, 2005 33.1 (26.4–40.5) 35.5 (26.7–45.4) 29.1 (19.4–41.1) 32.7 (25.8–40.4) 33.9 (24.9–44.2) 29.5 (19.6–41.8) 56.5 (48.6–64.1) 53.8 (43.5–63.9) 3.7 (1.1–11.8) 22.9 (17.0–30.1) 25.6 (17.8–35.6) 17.7 (10.2–28.9) 44.0 (36.5–51.8) 46.0 (36.1–56.2) 40.2 (28.8–52.7)
Libya, 2003 45.7 (31.5–60.7) 43.9 (28.6–60.3) 60.5 (8.2–96.3) 47.3 (32.7–62.4) 50.5 (34.3–66.6) 21.5 (0.8–89.8) 87.0 (73.1–94.2) 87.6 (72.5–94.9) 78.9 (10.4–99.2) 2.1 (0.3–14.1) 2.4 (0.3–16.4) 0 34.7 (23.9–52.4) 33.5 (20.0–50.3) 39.5 (3.6–91.8)
Libya, 2007 37.5 (23.1–54.5) 38.3 (21.9–57.9) 30.3 (3.6–83.4) 30.7 (17.4–48.3) 33.7 (18.0–54.0) 17.0 (0.9–81.9) 82.0 (65.1–91.8) 78.9 (59.7–90.4) 0 30.1 (18.1–45.6) 20.7 (10.3–37.3) 69.7 (16.6–96.4) 45.8 (17.5–48.9) 48.0 (29.5–67.0) 52.7 (9.8–91.9)
Morocco, 2001 51.8 (37.3–66.0) 53.9 (37.6–69.4) 34.9 (77.7–77.4) 31.6 (19.6–46.6) 37.8 (20.8–51.9) 21.0 (3.6–65.6) 70.2 (55.6–81.7) 77.5 (61.1–88.3) 44.9 (13.5–80.9) 37.1 (23.9–52.5) 33.6 (19.6–51.3) 44.8 (13.5–80.9) 31.5 (19.5–46.6) 56.6 (39.9–71.9) 87.1 (31.1–99.0)
Morocco, 2006 34.1 (22.9–47.5) 34.3 (19.1–52.3) 32.6 (14.9–57.2) 24.9 (15.5–37.6) 27.9 (15.0–45.8) 22.2 (8.6–46.4) 82.3 (70.2–90.2) 88.4 (71.4–95.9) 79.7 (54.4–92.8) 24.1 (14.6–37.0) 20.5 (9.5–38.7) 32.7 (15.2–57.0) 48.1 (35.0–61.4) 39.9 (23.8–58.6) 61.7 (37.8–81.0)
Oman, 2002 54.6 (42.2–66.5) 56.1 (42.7–68.8) 46.3 (14.9–80.9) 28.5 (18.4–41.2) 27.6 (17.0–41.3) 33.3 (8.2–73.6) 86.4 (74.0–93.4) 89.1 (76.6–95.3) 61.7 (11.0–95.4) 41.5 (30.1–53.9) 44.2 (31.6–57.5) 26.7 (5.1–71.1) 60.1 (47.4–71.6) 63.1 (49.5–74.9) 42.8 (11.7–80.8)
Pakistan, 2003 29.4 (11.2–57.9) 33.3 (10.9–67.1) 14.0 (0.2–94.1) 61.6 (31.3–84.9) 73.9 (41.4–91.9) 10.0 (0.1–91.2) 55.9 (25.8–82.2) 63.8 (28.9–88.5) 23.9 (0.5–94.7) 3.2 (0.6–15.1) 2.3 (0.2–2.0) 0 52.4 (22.9–80.3) 57.9 (23.7–85.9) 23.9 (0.5–94.7)
Pakistan, 2004 (Kasur) 82.9 (53.3–95.4) 85.1 (48.5–97.2) 0 57.4 (30.5–80.5) 71.8 (40.9–90.3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34.1 (13.4–63.4) 17.7 (3.6––55.5) 0
Pakistan, 2004 (Quetta) 45.7 (12.3–83.4) 63.9 (13.3–95.3) 0 34.6 (7.7–77.2) 48.5 (8.5–90.4) 0 71.8 (24.4–95.3) 80.5 (15.9–98.9) 0 0 0 0 24.9 (3.5–75.2) 29.8 (3.6–83.0) 0
Pakistan, 2004 (Peshawar) 30.3 (7.8–69.2) 57.6 (14.8–91.4) 0 44.3 (13.1–80.8) 63.6 (18.6–93.0) 0 86.9 (49.0–97.8) 75.1 (24.6–96.5) 0 46.5 (13.1–83.3) 19.0 (1.3–80.4) 0 46.4 (13.9–82.3) 44.6 (9.4–86.3) 33.2 (1.8–99.7)
Pakistan, 2008 37.1 (8.7–78.5) 36.4 (6.4–82.7) 0 59.4 (23.3–87.6) 66.6 (23.9–92.7) 0 62.3 (27.0–88.1) 60.9 (20.6–90.4) 0 14.5 (2.3–54.1) 11.8 (1.0–65.3) 0 73.2 (33.7–93.6) 70.5 (27.7–93.7) 0
Qatar, 2004 35.3 (27.5–43.9) 38.3 (28.9–48.6) 43.9 (26.6–62.7) 36.9 (29.0–45.6) 42.1 (32.4–52.4) 18.7 (8.1–37.6) 67.5 (59.1–75.0) 74.6 (64.9–82.4) 49.7 (32.2–67.3) 20.8 (14.6–28.7) 18.7 (12.0–28.1) 22.8 (10.6–42.4) 50.7 (41.9–59.3) 49.7 (39.4–60.1) 51.6 (33.3–69.5)
Qatar, 2007 39.8 (27.6–53.5) 46.7 (31.3–62.7) 28.0 (7.1–66.7) 32.6 (21.4–46.1) 34.6 (21.0–51.4) 27.4 (7.4–64.1) 78.6 (66.2–87.3) 83.8 (67.5–92.8) 80.5 (45.7–95.3) 15.3 (8.1–27.1) 17.9 (8.8–33.2) 10.7 (1.0–58.3) 58.1 (44.1–70.9) 59.5 (42.3–74.6) 58.9 (26.1–85.4)
Saudi Arabia, 2001 0 42.4 (28.9–57.1) 0 0 49.3 (35.4–63.3) 0 0 75.7 (61.7–85.7) 0 0 26.0 (15.4–40.5) 0 0 55.5 (40.7–69.4) 0
Saudi Arabia, 2007 45.8 (38.0–53.8) 49.0 (39.3–58.9) 38.2 (22.9–56.2) 42.2 (34.5–50.2) 45.7 (36.1–55.7) 28.5 (15.4–46.5) 73.7 (66.1–80.1) 74.8 (65.1–82.5) 73.9 (55.9–86.4) 40.2 (32.6–48.3) 40.5 (31.1–50.6) 35.1 (20.5–53.2) 53.5 (45.5–61.3) 55.5 (45.6–65.1) 57.8 (39.7–74.0)
Somalia, 2004 27.1 (15.3–43.3) 12.3 (10.4–65.4) 32.8 (5.4–51.4) 33.8 (21.0–49.4) 43.4 (12.7–80.2) 36.1 (13.8–66.6) 80.7 (67.1–89.6) 64.7 (28.0–89.6) 84.3 (48.9–96.8) 23.4 (12.7–39.0) 11.2 (9.3–62.9) 17.3 (3.4–55.1) 15.9 (7.4–30.9) 28.0 (6.8–67.4) 43.5 (16.5–75.0)
Somalia, 2007 44.7 (28.5–62.2) 46.5 (26.1–68.2) 47.5 (14.3–83.1) 30.2 (16.7–48.3) 33.7 (16.4–56.8) 24.7 (3.4–75.4) 58.7 (42.2–73.4) 57.1 (35.5–76.3) 60.7 (20.7–90.2) 18.4 (8.9–34.1) 19.8 (7.6–42.7) 19.5 (3.2–63.8) 30.9 (18.1–47.6) 34.1 (16.4–57.7) 18.6 (25.7–88.8)
Sudan, 2001 43.6 (32.1–55.8) 41.6 (28.6–55.9) 49.0 (26.1–72.3) 33.0 (22.7–45.2) 33.0 (21.3–47.4) 34.9 (16.3–59.7) 77.1 (65.3–85.8) 79.8 (66.1–88.9) 79.2 (53.4–92.7) 33.2 (22.7–45.6) 33.1 (21.2–47.7) 20.4 (7.2–46.1) 43.7 (31.9–56.3) 49.8 (35.9–63.8) 59.6 (34.9–80.2)
Sudan, 2005 27.4 (20.0–36.2) 30.6 (22.1–40.8) 5.6 (1.2–21.9) 33.0 (25.4–41.7) 36.2 (27.3–46.1) 20.5 (9.0–40.4) 62.3 (52.7–71.1) 63.4 (52.3–73.2) 56.8 (34.9–76.3) 23.4 (16.3–32.3) 18.9 (12.1–28.2) 31.2 (14.6–54.8) 29.7 (22.2–38.5) 28.3 (20.4–37.8) 26.8 (11.8–50.0)
Syria, 2002 41.2 (34.3–48.5) 42.6 (34.5–51.1) 37.5 (23.7–53.7) 45.1 (38.1–52.2) 50.3 (42.0–58.6) 27.2 (15.6–42.9) 79.5 (73.0–84.7) 82.4 (74.9–90.0) 69.1 (52.9–81.8) 25.6 (19.8–32.4) 24.7 (18.2–32.6) 29.4 (16.9–45.9) 43.1 (36.2–50.3) 45.8 (37.6–54.2) 38.1 (24.1–54.3)
Syria, 2007 37.1 (30.3–44.5) 41.3 (33.4–49.7) 24.6 (13.1–41.5) 34.2 (27.6–41.6) 35.5 (27.9–43.8) 30.4 (17.5–47.5) 71.3 (64.3–77.4) 74.0 (66.1–80.6) 62.9 (46.9–76.5) 25.8 (20.0–32.8) 28.7 (21.8–36.9) 17.2 (8.4–31.9) 36.7 (29.9–44.1) 40.2 (32.2–48.7) 26.4 (15.0–42.1)
Tunisia, 2001 50.2 (44.7–55.6) 53.7 (47.7–59.7) 30.7 (19.5–44.8) 36.5 (31.4–41.9) 38.6 (32.9–44.6) 25.7 (15.7–39.4) 95.2 (92.2–97.0) 96.0 (92.8–97.8) 91.0 (79.6–96.3) 10.8 (7.6–15.1) 10.6 (7.2–15.4) 0 58.0 (52.4–63.3) 61.3 ()55.3–67.1 39.7 (27.1–53.8)
Tunisia, 2007 50.2 (41.0–59.5) 50.0 (40.0–59.7) 48.7 (20.0–78.4) 40.0 (31.2–49.4) 38.2 (29.1–48.2) 50.0 (20.7–79.2) 85.0 (77.2–90.5) 86.2 (78.0–91.6) 73.3 (36.9–92.8) 1.7 (0.4–6.9) 2.0 (0.5–7.7) 0 48.5 (39.1–57.9) 51.1 (41.1–61.0) 17.4 (3.2–57.1)
UAE, 2002 35.5 (27.2–44.4) 37.5 (28.2–47.9) 12.0 (2.5–34.2) 36.0 (28.0–44.9) 38.9 (29.5–49.2) 19.2 (8.1–39.1) 88.0 (81.5–92.4) 89.9 (82.5–94.4) 80.6 (60.1–92.0) 26.8 (19.4–35.8) 25.6 (17.6–35.7) 23.0 (8.6–48.8) 46.4 (29.7–46.8) 46.1 (36.0–56.4) 34.1 (16.7–57.2)
UAE, 2005 31.9 (28.1–35.9) 33.3 (28.6–38.3) 26.2 (19.9–33.7) 36.7 (32.7–40.8) 37.7 (32.8–42.8) 31.1 (24.6–38.4) 73.6 (69.8–77.1) 78.1 (73.4–82.1) 61.4 (53.8–68.5) 29.1 (25.4–33.0) 28.9 (24.4–33.8) 25.5 (19.5–32.7) 34.9 (31.2–39.0) 37.6 (32.8–42.6) 31.4 (24.7–38.9)
West Bank, 2000 36.7 (32.3–41.2) 37.9 (32.9–43.2) 33.4 (24.8–43.2) 46.0 (41.5–50.6) 48.0 (42.8–53.2) 39.5 (30.5–49.4) 68.9 (64.6–73.0) 71.2 (66.2–75.7) 59.1 (49.3–68.2) 20.5 (17.1–24.4) 20.4 (16.5–24.8) 16.8 (10.4–26.0) 47.8 (43.3–52.4) 53.3 (48.1–58.5) 22.8 (15.7–31.8)
West Bank, 2005 43.4 (36.9–50.1) 46.6 (39.0–54.3) 35.3 (22.7–50.3) 40.5 (34.0–47.3) 40.9 (33.4–48.7) 35.4 (23.0–50.2) 73.4 (66.9–79.0) 79.0 (71.9–84.6) 55.4 (40.6–69.3) 9.6 (6.4–14.2) 10.5 (6.7–16.0) 3.4 (0.8–13.4) 44.1 (37.5–50.9) 52.4 (44.6–60.1) 19.5 (10.4–33.4)
Yemen, 2003 51.8 (46.6–57.0) 56.1 (50.0–62.1) 34.8 (25.1–46.0) 46.2 (41.0–51.5) 52.2 (46.1–58.3) 29.2 (20.2–40.2) 94.6 (91.8–96.5) 96.4 (93.5–98.1) 90.3 (81.4–95.2) 0.4 (0.1–2.5) 0.5 (0.1–3.5) 0 41.9 (36.9–47.1) 45.0 (39.0–51.1) 31.3 (22.1–42.3)
Yemen, 2008 34.0 (14.7–60.7) 24.8 (6.7–60.1) 48.9 (0.1–100.0) 26.1 (10.9–50.6) 22.0 (5.7–56.8) 49.1 (2.4–97.5) 91.8 (68.9–98.3) 92.7 (54.4–99.3) 70.0 (0.4–99.9) 0 0 0 37.0 (16.2–64.0) 38.1 (13.4–71.1) 70.0 (0.4–99.9)