Smoking and tobacco

Inspect current and past trends in tobacco use across Mexico.

View modeled trends in smoking prevalence worldwide and by country for the years 1980 to 2015.

Since 1990, the prevalence of smoking has decreased steadily around the globe. However, as populations have grown, the total number of smokers around the world has increased.

Global prevalence of young smokers has decreased, but in some regions the absolute number is increasing.

14-25 years is a critical window for intervention.

Globally, smoking prevalence — the percentage of the population that smokes every day — has decreased, but the number of cigarette smokers worldwide has increased due to population growth.

Professor Emmanuela Gakidou, head of the Tobacco Metrics Team at IHME, discusses insights from the three new studies published in The Lancet on tobacco to commemorate World No Tobacco Day.

Chukwuma Okereke, Data Extraction Analyst at IHME, discusses survey methods and findings from three new global studies published in The Lancet on tobacco.

Luisa Flor, Senior Fellow at IHME, discusses risk factors of secondhand smoke.

Maria Carmona, Director of International Research for the Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids, discusses the importance of protecting women, adolescents, and young adults from tobacco marketing.

The European Health Report is produced every three years by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, providing insight into the Regional progress towards health-related SDGs.

As part of the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública of Mexico (INSP) have conducted a comprehensive assessment of tobacco control policies in Mexico’s 32 states, examining their implications for tobacco use and its associated health outcomes.