The Highest Smoking Countries, Reasons Behind It, Health Repercussions and It is Control

Cigarette consumption has always been an issue in the planet's health agenda as most people globally tend to smoke every single day despite the many health warnings available. While many of the developed nations have managed to reduce the rate of smoking thanks to bombardment of anti-smoking campaigns and laws, in some republics, a larger percent of the population still smokes on a daily basis. These developments shine light to some social, economic and political forces that affect the use of tobacco.

Highest Smoking Prevalence Nations

1. Serbia The Serbian population ranks among the highest cigarette smokers in the world. It is estimated that over thirty five adult females in the country are regular smokers a situation that is made easier by the prestige attached to smoking and low costs of cigarettes. One can say smoking has a rich cultural background and hence often takes place in social gatherings and parties.

2. Russia, However, in Russia and not least among the women, it is very common to smoke. About 30% of the population are active smokers, more especially in the countryside. Though the government has enacted laws like non-smoking areas in public places and increased the cost of cigarette putting in several measures in place to control it, smoking still remains a menace.

3. Indonesia With limited quotes on specifics concerning the populations of these two countries, Indonesia has recorded some of the highest smoking prevalence rates ever, particularly among men, with more than 6 in 10 men over the age of 18 being smokers in the country. The cost of cigarettes is cheap and bare to the eye which facilitates the consumption of tobacco and especially the advertisement of such products is everywhere. The young people due to these factors tend to start smoking at a very young age which has a chronic effect in the long run.

4. Greece Greece ranks among the countries in Europe that have the highest number of smokers, approximately 37% of the adults here are smokers. It is a practice widely accepted in the society that smoking is allowed in public areas like in restaurants or even street corners but measures have been put in order for this practice to be discouraged.

5. China The changing population weather at least has the number of smokers which are limited to over 300 million tobacco users in China. The men especially are the heaviest smokers with almost half of the adult male population being regular smokers. Actually there are measures in place to at least curb the levels of smoking such as increasing the taxes or crusading about it. 

6. Jordan The rates of smoking in Jordan has risen to alarming figures, with most of the citizens seen smoking including women. The Pirouette water pipe or shisha is also part of their habitual activities contributing even more to tobacco use in the country.

7. Turkey, as there are stringent antismoking laws such as prohibitions in some public areas, has a larger proportion of smokers populations at about 31% of the adult population being active smokers. Other cultural dynamics and with historical perspectives, tobacco is still utilized by many even in the new generation.

8. Bulgaria, Bulgaria has one of the highest smoking rates in Europe. Almost about 30% of the population are adult smokers and even with the efforts put for public education campaigns, this vice is a huge part in most of their everyday lives.

Reasons behind High smoking rates

Social Percept: Many societies and cultures encourage its practice and therefore will discourage the habit in vain.

Financial Considerations: The relationship between low prices of cigarette, marvelous rates of tobacco cultivation in some places is pivotal in increasing the habit of smoking.

Cigarette advertisements: In the regions with ‘easy’ advertising laws, tobacco companies carry out aggressive advertisement campaigns that lead to increased rates of smokers.

Insufficiency of Policies: Failure of public policy therefore leads to overabundant opportunities to smoke in the indoor public places with a ban and no economical quit centres.

Health Repercussions

Moreover, these countries’ health aspects are greatly affected by the high number of smokers in the regions. Injuries caused by smoking -exposed cigarettes and cigars are among the major preventable causes of deaths together with lung cancer, COPD disease, and heart sickness. Those very nations have extra health care expenditures due to illness and because of worker inactivity.

Advancements in tobacco control

A number of governments have decided to introduce anti-smoking policies, such as:

1. Increasing the prices of tobacco products.

2. Prohibiting the use of tobacco products in enclosed public areas.

3. Limiting the promotion of tobacco products.

4. Providing assistance in stopping smoking.

Summary

High smoking prevalence in the respective countries has a number of implications on efforts to control tobacco use. Smoking is often sustained due to cultural, economic and regulatory factors. Nevertheless, with the right comprehensive tobacco control interventions and its partners, those nations can also lower the smoking incidence and tackle the problem of tobacco epidemic in differences overall health.

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