Prevalence of smoking for males Nepal 2000-2020
In 2020, the male smoking rate in Nepal decreased by 1.2 percentage points (-2.44 percent) compared to 2019. In 2020, the rate thereby reached its lowest value in recent years.
The prevalence of current tobacco use is the percentage of the male population aged 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes, bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”.
Find more statistics on other topics about Nepal with key insights such as fertility rate of women aged between 15 and 19 years old, share of children aged 12-23 months immunized against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT), and crude birth rate.
The prevalence of current tobacco use is the percentage of the male population aged 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes, bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”.
Find more statistics on other topics about Nepal with key insights such as fertility rate of women aged between 15 and 19 years old, share of children aged 12-23 months immunized against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT), and crude birth rate.
