In 2020, about 11.4 percent of male underage youth in South Korea had smoked at least once. Underage smoking continued increased for both genders until 2011. Since then, it has drastically decreased in recent years.
Share of underage youth that smoked in South Korea from 2008 to 2020, by gender
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Share of underage youth that smoked in South Korea from 2008 to 2020, by gender
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South Korean citizens are able to purchase tobacco from January 1st of the year that they would turn 19 years of age. While there is no law that forbids underage smoking, it is illegal for others to provide any means through which underage youth can smoke.
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Statistics Korea. (March 29, 2021). Share of underage youth that smoked in South Korea from 2008 to 2020, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1150594/south-korea-underage-youth-that-smoked-by-gender/
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Statistics Korea. (2021). Share of underage youth that smoked in South Korea from 2008 to 2020, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1150594/south-korea-underage-youth-that-smoked-by-gender/
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