Report to the Conference of the Parties on the Implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Part I: Definitions and Statistics

1. Smoking Tobacco
2. Smokeless Tobacco

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Use of terms

1. Smoking Tobacco

(a) Daily: refers to those who respond "every day" to the question "At the present time do you smoke cigarettes every day, occasionally or not at all?"

(b) Occasional: refers to those who respond "Occasionally" to the question "At the present time do you smoke cigarettes every day, occasionally or not at all?"

2. Smokeless Tobacco

(a) Daily: Numbers are less than 1% in all categories, thus are not provided.

(b) Occasional: Answered "yes" to the question "In the past 30 days, did you use any chewing tobacco, pinch or snuff?"

REPORTING INSTRUMENT

1. Demographics

(a) Age and sex

Year (latest available)	Age groups	Percentage of male population	Percentage of female population	Percentage of total population
2005	15-24	14.1	13.1	13.6
2005	25-34	13.9	13.5	13.7
2005	35-44	16.0	15.6	15.8
2005	45-54	15.3	15.2	15.2
2005	55-64	10.9	10.9	10.9
2005	65+	11.6	14.7	13.0

2. Tobacco use

a) Smoking tobacco:

	Age group 15-24	Tobacco products included	Year of data (latest available)	Prevalence (%)
Males
Daily smokers		Cigarettes	2005	16
Occasional smokers		Cigarettes	2005	7
Females
Daily smokers		Cigarettes	2005	13
Occasional smokers		Cigarettes	2005	7
Total (males and females)
Daily smokers		Cigarettes	2005	15
Occasional smokers		Cigarettes	2005	7

	Age group 35-44	Tobacco products included	Year of data (latest available)	Prevalence (%)
Males
Daily smokers		Cigarettes	2005	24
Occasional smokers		Cigarettes	2005	3
Females
Daily smokers		Cigarettes	2005	16
Occasional smokers		Cigarettes	2005	3
Total (males and females)
Daily smokers		Cigarettes	2005	20
Occasional smokers		Cigarettes	2005	3

	Age group 45-54	Tobacco products included	Year of data (latest available)	Prevalence (%)
Males
Daily smokers		Cigarettes	2005	19
Occasional smokers		Cigarettes	2005	3
Females
Daily smokers		Cigarettes	2005	15
Occasional smokers		Cigarettes	2005	3
Total (males and females)
Daily smokers		Cigarettes	2005	17
Occasional smokers		Cigarettes	2005	3

	Age group 55-64	Tobacco products included	Year of data (latest available)	Prevalence (%)
Males
Daily smokers		Cigarettes	2005	15
Occasional smokers		Cigarettes	2005	--
Females
Daily smokers		Cigarettes	2005	8
Occasional smokers		Cigarettes	2005	3
Total (males and females)
Daily smokers		Cigarettes	2005	11
Occasional smokers		Cigarettes	2005	2

	Age group 65+	Tobacco products included	Year of data (latest available)	Prevalence (%)
Males
Daily smokers		Cigarettes	2005	4
Occasional smokers		Cigarettes	2005	--
Females
Daily smokers		Cigarettes	2005	7
Occasional smokers		Cigarettes	2005	--
Total (males and females)
Daily smokers		Cigarettes	2005	6
Occasional smokers		Cigarettes	2005	1

The average number of cigarettes smoked per day by the smoking population:

	Age group 15-24	Tobacco products included	Year of data (latest available)	Average number of cigarettes smoked per day
Male smokers		Cigarettes	2005	14
Female smokers		Cigarettes	2005	11
Total smokers		Cigarettes	2005	12

	Age group 25-34	Tobacco products included	Year of data (latest available)	Average number of cigarettes smoked per day
Male smokers		Cigarettes	2005	15
Female smokers		Cigarettes	2005	12
Total smokers		Cigarettes	2005	14

	Age group 35-44	Tobacco products included	Year of data (latest available)	Average number of cigarettes smoked per day
Male smokers		Cigarettes	2005	18
Female smokers		Cigarettes	2005	14
Total smokers		Cigarettes	2005	16

	Age group 45-54	Tobacco products included	Year of data (latest available)	Average number of cigarettes smoked per day
Male smokers		Cigarettes	2005	21
Female smokers		Cigarettes	2005	17
Total smokers		Cigarettes	2005	19

	Age group 55-64	Tobacco products included	Year of data (latest available)	Average number of cigarettes smoked per day
Male smokers		Cigarettes	2005	18
Female smokers		Cigarettes	2005	15
Total smokers		Cigarettes	2005	17

	Age group 65+	Tobacco products included	Year of data (latest available)	Average number of cigarettes smoked per day
Male smokers		Cigarettes	2005	17
Female smokers		Cigarettes	2005	12
Total smokers		Cigarettes	2005	14

(b) Smokeless tobacco, including snuff and chewing tobacco:

	Age group 15-24	Tobacco products included	Year of data (latest available)	Prevalence (%)
Male
Daily users		Chewing Tobacco, Pinch and Snuff	2005	--
Occasional users		Chewing Tobacco, Pinch and Snuff	2005	1
Female
Daily users		Chewing Tobacco, Pinch and Snuff	2005	--
Occasional users		Chewing Tobacco, Pinch and Snuff	2005	--
Total
Daily users		Chewing Tobacco, Pinch and Snuff	2005	--
Occasional users		Chewing Tobacco, Pinch and Snuff	2005	1

(c) Youth groups:

	Youth group10-14	Tobacco products included	Year of data (latest available)	Prevalence (%)
Males		Cigarettes	2004/05	2
Females		Cigarettes	2004/05	2

3. Supply

(a) Licit supply of tobacco:

	Domestic production	Exports	Imports
Year (latest available)	2005	2005	2005
Quantity (specify product and unit; e.g. millions of cigarettes)	32708910201 (cigarettes) 454542460 (tobacco sticks) 418622705 (other manufactured tobacco) 56849549 (cigars) 137355 (raw leaf tobacco)	18.27 million (cig. cartons) - (tobacco sticks) 838,495 units (fine cut) 44,220 kilos (cigars) 69.1 million units (raw leaf tobacco) 1 unit = 200g	1.8 million (cig. cartons) - (tobacco sticks) 977.9 thousand units (fine cut) 5.8 million kilos (cigars) 40.1 million units (raw leaf tobacco) 1 unit = 200g

Note: licit supply = domestic production + (imports - exports)

(b) Duty-free sales volumes:

(c) Seizures of illicit tobacco:

	Year (latest available)	Quantity seized (specify unit, e.g., millions of pieces)
Cigarettes	2005	375768 cartons
Other tobacco products (optional; please specify product) : Fine cut tobacco	2005	70234 200 gram units