Based on a comparison of 25 countries in 2012, Latvia ranked the highest in smokers as a share of of 15+ year-old population with 33.7% followed by France and Belarus. On the other end of the scale was Sweden with 13.1%, Iceland with 13.8% and USA with 14.8%.
| Smokers (As % of 15+ Year-Old Population) | Unit | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Belarus | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.0% | 27.5% | 27.5% | 27.0% | 26.7% | ... | ... | |||||||
| Denmark | % | 25.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% | 16.0% | 20.9% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Estonia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.9% | ... | 26.2% | ... | 26.2% | ... | ... | ||||
| France | % | ... | ... | ... | 25.9% | ... | 26.2% | ... | 29.1% | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Israel | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 23.2% | 24.2% | 22.2% | 20.3% | 23.7% | ... | ... | |||||
| Italy | % | ... | ... | 23.0% | 22.4% | 22.4% | 23.3% | 22.7% | ||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 26.3% | 26.0% | 25.7% | 24.9% | 19.5% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Latvia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.4% | ... | 28.1% | ... | 33.7% | ... | ... | |||||
| Mexico | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19.0% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Netherlands | % | 31.0% | 29.0% | 28.0% | 28.0% | 26.6% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| South Korea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 23.5% | 25.8% | 25.6% | 22.9% | ... | ||||||
| Spain | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.4% | ... | ... | 26.2% | ... | ... | |||||||
| Turkey | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33.4% | ... | 27.4% | ... | 25.4% | ... | |||
| Ukraine | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.6% | 25.9% | 26.7% | 24.4% | 23.3% | ... | ... | ||||||
| United Kingdom | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.0% | 21.0% | 21.0% | 21.0% | 20.0% | ... |
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