Sales trends and survey findings: a study of smoking in 15 OECD countries

Annual data on tobacco sales and recent information from surveys have been used to investigate smoking trends and patterns in 15 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). These national smoking profiles illustrate wide variations among countries in the consumption of tobacco per adult in the population and in the percentage of male and female smokers in the population. The sales data also illustrate that the development of the market for tobacco goods has displayed marked differences over time from one country to another.