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. 2022 Jun 14;20:56. doi: 10.18332/tid/149477

Table 1.

Three outcomes of smoking burden across the 27 EU countries and the UK, Eurobarometer 2017

Country Prevalence of current smoking (%) Pack-years Discounted pack-years
Values and rank
Austria 28.3 (25.2–31.6) 9 10.6 (9.3–11.8) 3 7.4 (6.3–8.4) 3
Belgium 19.2 (16.6–22.0) 25 7.8 (6.8–8.8) 15 4.6 (3.9–5.3) 19
Bulgaria 36.1 (33.2–39.2) 2 8.9 (8.0–9.8) 8 7.0 (6.2–7.8) 4
Croatia 35.3 (32.3–38.4) 4 11.9 (10.6–13.2) 2 8.9 (7.8–10.1) 2
Cyprus 27.5 (23.4–32.1) 12 10.2 (8.5–11.9) 5 6.7 (5.4–7.9) 6
Czech Republic 28.9 (26.1–31.9) 8 8.3 (7.3–9.2) 12 6.1 (5.3–7.0) 8
Denmark 18.6 (16.1–21.4) 26 8.2 (7.3–9.2) 13 4.7 (4.0–5.4) 18
Estonia 23.3 (20.4–26.5) 20 5.7 (5.0–6.4) 26 4.1 (3.5–4.8) 26
Finland 20.1 (17.5–23.0) 22 6.7 (5.9–7.4) 22 4.1 (3.5–4.8) 26
France 35.9 (32.6–39.4) 3 9.9 (8.8–11.0) 6 7.0 (6.1–7.9) 4
Germany 25.8 (23.3–28.6) 16 8.8 (7.8–9.8) 9 5.6 (4.8–6.4) 13
Greece 36.6 (33.5–39.8) 1 13.9 (12.5–15.2) 1 10.0 (8.9–11.2) 1
Hungary 26.6 (23.8–29.6) 14 8.1 (7.2–9.0) 14 6.0 (5.2–6.7) 11
Ireland 19.4 (16.9–22.2) 24 6.4 (5.6–7.3) 24 4.2 (3.5–4.8) 23
Italy 24.6 (22.0–27.5) 18 7.6 (6.7–8.5) 16 4.9 (4.2–5.6) 16
Latvia 32.2 (28.4–36.3) 5 7.4 (6.2–8.6) 17 5.7 (4.6–6.7) 12
Lithuania 29.1 (26.0–32.5) 7 5.8 (5.1–6.5) 25 4.5 (3.9–5.2) 21
Luxembourg 21.0 (17.3–25.3) 21 7.0 (5.7–8.4) 20 4.6 (3.5–5.7) 19
Malta 24.0 (19.7–28.9) 19 10.3 (8.3–12.3) 4 6.1 (4.6–7.5) 8
Poland 29.8 (26.9–32.9) 6 8.7 (7.7–9.6) 10 6.4 (5.5–7.2) 7
Portugal 25.6 (23.0–28.4) 17 5.2 (4.5–6.0) 28 4.8 (4.1–5.5) 17
Romania 28.0 (25.2–30.9) 10 7.2 (6.2–8.3) 19 5.5 (4.6–6.4) 14
Slovakia 26.4 (23.5–29.6) 15 5.7 (5.0–6.4) 26 4.3 (3.7–4.9) 22
Slovenia 27.9 (25.0–31.0) 11 9.4 (8.3–10.5) 7 6.1 (5.2–6.9) 8
Spain 27.5 (24.8–30.4) 12 8.6 (7.6–9.5) 11 5.0 (4.3–5.7) 15
Sweden 7.2 (5.3–9.7) 28 6.5 (5.4–7.6) 23 2.2 (1.6–2.8) 28
Netherlands 19.5 (17.0–22.3) 23 7.3 (6.5–8.2) 18 4.2 (3.5–4.9) 23
United Kingdom 17.5 (15.2–20.1) 27 6.8 (6.0–7.7) 21 4.2 (3.6–4.8) 23