Table 1.
list of all nations with available data on active male smokers, SARS-CoV-2 infection rate and COVID-19 deaths per million inhabitants (from World Health Organization(ref4), in decreasing order of male smokers’ rate):
| Country | Male Smokers Rate % |
| Indonesia | 76.2 |
| Jordan | 70.2 |
| Russia | 59 |
| Georgia | 57.7 |
| Cuba | 52.7 |
| Greece | 52.6 |
| Armenia | 52.3 |
| Albania | 51.2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 50.4 |
| Egypt | 49.9 |
| South Korea | 49.8 |
| Ukraine | 49.4 |
| Latvia | 48.9 |
| Bahrain | 48.8 |
| Montenegro | 47.9 |
| China | 47.6 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47.2 |
| Vietnam | 47.1 |
| Azerbaijan | 46.5 |
| Belarus | 46.2 |
| Moldova | 45.7 |
| Lebanon | 45.4 |
| Morocco | 45.4 |
| Mauritania | 44 |
| Kazakhstan | 43.9 |
| Serbia | 43.6 |
| Malaysia | 43 |
| Philippines | 43 |
| Bulgaria | 42.4 |
| Pakistan | 41.9 |
| Thailand | 41.4 |
| Estonia | 41.2 |
| Israel | 41.2 |
| Mauritius | 40.1 |
| Chile | 40 |
| Slovakia | 39.7 |
| Turkey | 39.5 |
| Croatia | 39.4 |
| Lithuania | 38.1 |
| Andorra | 37.2 |
| Nepal | 37.1 |
| Kuwait | 37 |
| Romania | 36.9 |
| Mali | 36.8 |
| Austria | 35.5 |
| Japan | 33.7 |
| Honduras | 33.3 |
| Germany | 32.4 |
| Poland | 32.4 |
| Hungary | 32 |
| Myanmar | 31.6 |
| Portugal | 31.5 |
| Mozambique | 31.4 |
| South Africa | 31.4 |
| Spain | 31.3 |
| Zimbabwe | 31.2 |
| Bangladesh | 30.98 |
| Bolivia | 30.5 |
| Jamaica | 29.9 |
| France | 29.8 |
| Malta | 29.7 |
| Argentina | 29.5 |
| Brunei | 29.3 |
| Czech Republic | 29 |
| Sri Lanka | 28.4 |
| Italy | 28.3 |
| Paraguay | 28.3 |
| Singapore | 28 |
| Saudi Arabia | 27.9 |
| Qatar | 26.9 |
| Switzerland | 26.9 |
| Uruguay | 26.7 |
| Belgium | 26.5 |
| Zambia | 26.5 |
| Netherlands | 26.2 |
| Luxembourg | 25.8 |
| Malawi | 25.4 |
| Uzbekistan | 24.9 |
| Kenya | 24.6 |
| Senegal | 23.4 |
| Finland | 23.2 |
| Ireland | 22.4 |
| Norway | 22.4 |
| Slovenia | 22.3 |
| Haiti | 22.1 |
| Iran | 21.5 |
| Peru | 21.5 |
| Oman | 21 |
| Mexico | 20.8 |
| India | 20.4 |
| Sweden | 20.4 |
| United Kingdom | 19.9 |
| United States | 19.5 |
| Brazil | 19.3 |
| Dominican Republic | 18.8 |
| Niger | 18.6 |
| Costa Rica | 18.5 |
| Benin | 17.7 |
| Canada | 17.7 |
| Denmark | 17.6 |
| Nigeria | 17.4 |
| New Zealand | 17.2 |
| Iceland | 17 |
| Australia | 16.7 |
| Colombia | 16 |
| Ecuador | 14 |
| Barbados | 13.1 |
| Ghana | 13.1 |
| Panama | 10.6 |
| Ethiopia | 8.9 |