Tobacco events around the world
🌎 World No Tobacco Day (May 31): This annual event, organized by the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to raise awareness about the dangers of tobacco use and promote efforts to reduce tobacco consumption.
🌎 National Non-Smoking Week (January 17-23): This annual event, organized by the Canadian Cancer Society, aims to raise awareness about the harmful effects of smoking and promote strategies for quitting.
🌎 Great American Smokeout (third Thursday in November): This annual event, organized by the American Cancer Society, encourages smokers to quit smoking for at least one day and provides resources and support to help them do so.
🌎 World Lung Cancer Day (August 1): This annual event, organized by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), aims to raise awareness about lung cancer and promote prevention and treatment efforts.
2022 Tobacco Transformation Index: Key Findings and Insights
Barnaby Page, editor of ECigIntelligence interviewed David Janazzo and Amir Ali about the second edition of the Tobacco Transformation Index, which ranks the world’s largest tobacco companies on their relative progress toward harm reduction.
Nicotine Pouches: Geographic Footprint, Company Presence, And Legislative Snapshot
As this blog post explores, nicotine pouches are a relatively niche category and not widely available but are developing rapidly in select geographies.
State of Smoking in Pakistan
Given the high levels of tobacco use, the country faces considerable health and economic consequences.
By the Numbers in Pakistan
Over 22 million smokers: 20% adults
The tobacco industry produces $2 billion USD every year, almost half of which goes to the government exchequer in taxes.
According to the Pakistan Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES) 2015-2015, 45% of the households in Pakistan were tobacco consumers.
User Demographics:
Pakistan’s high level of tobacco use has led to a high prevalence of tobacco-related diseases. The estimated total number of tobacco-related deaths is 160,100 per year
The Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS 2013) states that 13.3% of boys and 6.6% of girls are current tobacco users, and the number of girls is growing.
Smoking Frequency:
Both men and women smoke more if they live in rural areas (13.9% in the country and 10.0% in the city). Among all adults, 11.5% were daily smokers, and 0.9% were occasional (less than daily) smokers. Almost 45% of current daily tobacco users had their first tobacco product of the day within 30 minutes of waking up. Daily cigarette smokers consumed an average of 13.6 cigarettes per day (men smoked 13.7 and women smoked 10.3 cigarettes per day). The average age of daily smoking initiation among daily smokers age 20-34 was 18.7 years.
