Tobacco use in Afghanistan
 | A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. (May 2012) |
Two types of tobacco are used in Afghanistan. Cigarette smoking, and naswar or moist snuff which is used through the mouth and nose. Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)[1] held in schools of five provinces of Afghanistan showed high exposure to second hand smoke. According to WHO, about 35.2% of males and 2.1% of females in Afghanistan consume tobacco.[2]
The average age for initiation of smoking in Afghanistan is 13 years.[3]
Afghanistan joined WHO FCTC in 2010. According to data from the World Bank, smoking rates in Afghanistan decreased by around 20% between 2010 and 2020, from 29.1 to 23.3%.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ CDC. "GYTS" (PDF).
- ^ Ahmadi, Attaullah; Rahimi, Ali; Wardak, Mohammad Faisal; Ahmadi, Hamidullah; Lucero-Prisno, Don Eliseo (2023-01-22). "Tobacco harm reduction in Afghanistan: a recipe for improving smokers' health". Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy. 18 (1): 7. doi:10.1186/s13011-023-00517-2. ISSN 1747-597X. PMC 9867861. PMID 36683028.
- ^ afghanistan. "Tobacco Free Initiative". World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ "Afghanistan Smoking Rate 2000-2024 | MacroTrends".
 | This Afghanistan-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |