Section 01 · Interactive Dataset

The Data

Click on years for detailed analysis. Click column headers marked with * for definitions.

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Year Analysis

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Click on any year in the table below to generate a detailed analysis of smoking trends for that period.

Year Smoking Pop % Deaths Avg Cigs/Day Healthcare $ Campaigns Legislation Youth %
1924 25% 152,267 11 $939,559,442,622 2 8/10 6.7%
1940 41% 219,936 8 $75,476,093,036 70 5/10 9.7%
1954 55% 559,167 5 $331,567,126,827 19 8/10 11.7%
1970 39% 525,127 18 $26,393,707,617 89 8/10 11.3%
1985 24% 796,032 6 $808,312,259,184 69 10/10 5.2%
1995 14% 308,978 6 $110,941,872,603 24 4/10 2.5%
2005 4% 700,276 7 $338,277,556,232 89 3/10 1.0%
2010 1% 483,282 12 $364,265,972,776 82 10/10 0.3%
2020 1% 795,287 19 $52,427,272,498 14 5/10 0.2%
2023 1% 212,976 16 $240,322,328,776 20 4/10 0.2%
Fig. 1 — Global smoking trends across nearly a century, pre-sorted chronologically. The peak in 1954 at 55% is followed by steady decline to 1% by 2010. Click any year for detailed insights.