WHO analysis: Only 14.2% of U.S. females will smoke by 2025

The percentage of females who smoke tobacco occasionally or daily in the United States, which was estimated at 27.6 in the year 2000, will drop to 14.2 by 2025, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO).

WHO defines those who smoke occasionally or daily as "current smoking."  Its global study on the prevalence of tobacco smoking was released last year.

The report charts current and daily tobacco smoking in WHO member countries and also examines smoking trends based on age.

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Tobacco Smoking Trends Among U.S. Females

Region / Country	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2025
AFRICA:
Algeria	5.6	2.9	1.5	0.8	0.4	0.2
Benin	2	1.3	0.9	0.6	0.4	0.3
Botswana	7.6	6.8	6.1	5.5	5	4.6
Burkina Faso	7.4	4.4	2.7	1.6	1	0.6
Cabo Verde	6.9	4.6	3.2	2.2	1.5	1.1
Comoros	11.6	8.3	6	4.3	3.2	2.3
Congo	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8
Eritrea	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Ethiopia	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3
Gambia	2.6	1.7	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.4
Ghana	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1
Kenya	2.4	1.8	1.4	1.1	0.8	0.7
Lesotho	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3
Liberia	5.1	3.4	2.3	1.5	1	0.7
Malawi	7.8	6.1	4.8	3.8	3	2.5
Mali	4	2.9	2.1	1.6	1.2	0.9
Mauritius	4.7	4.1	3.6	3.2	2.8	2.5
Mozambique	8.4	7.1	5.9	4.9	4.1	3.5
Namibia	13	11.5	10.1	9	8.1	7.2
Niger	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Nigeria	2.2	1.4	0.9	0.6	0.4	0.3
Rwanda	6.5	5.6	4.9	4.3	3.9	3.5
Senegal	1.6	1	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.2
Seychelles	8.8	8.2	7.6	7.1	6.7	6.3
Sierra Leone	28.9	19.6	13.4	9.3	6.4	4.4
South Africa	10.6	9.7	8.8	8	7.4	6.8
Swaziland	2.8	2.3	1.9	1.6	1.3	1.1
Togo	3	2	1.3	0.9	0.6	0.4
Uganda	4.4	3.8	3.3	2.9	2.5	2.2
United Republic of Tanzania	5.2	4.3	3.6	3.1	2.7	2.3
Zambia	4.6	3.7	3	2.4	2	1.7
Zimbabwe	2.6	2.1	1.7	1.4	1.2	1
AMERICAS:
Argentina	36.4	27.8	21.3	16.2	12.4	9.6
Bahamas	5	4.2	3.6	3.2	2.8	2.5
Barbados	3.1	2.6	2.3	2	1.7	1.5
Brazil	19.8	16	13	10.6	8.7	7.1
Canada	25.7	19.9	15.5	12	9.2	7.1
Chile	54.1	45.9	39	33.3	28.5	24.3
Colombia	12.8	9.3	6.8	5	3.7	2.8
Costa Rica	9.7	8.4	7.4	6.4	5.8	5.1
Cuba	33.6	27.3	22.5	18.6	15.5	12.9
Dominican Republic	13.6	11.5	9.8	8.4	7.2	6.3
Ecuador	5.6	4	2.9	2.1	1.5	1.1
El Salvador	4.2	3.5	3	2.5	2.2	1.9
Haiti	5.3	4.2	3.5	2.9	2.4	2
Honduras	3.8	3.1	2.5	2.1	1.7	1.4
Jamaica	9	7.5	6.4	5.5	4.7	4.1
Mexico	12.7	10.5	8.7	7.2	5.9	4.9
Panama	4.8	3.8	3.1	2.5	2	1.7
Paraguay	15	10.4	7.3	5.2	3.7	2.6
Peru	12	9	6.7	5	3.8	2.9
Suriname	20.9	14.9	10.9	7.9	5.8	4.3
United States of America	27.6	24.2	21.2	18.6	16.2	14.2
Uruguay	43	29.3	20	13.7	9.5	6.6
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN:
Bahrain	7.8	6.8	6	5.5	5	4.7
Djibouti	3	2.5	2	1.7	1.4	1.2
Egypt	1.7	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.1
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	4.1	2.4	1.4	0.8	0.5	0.3
Kuwait	5.6	4.4	3.5	2.9	2.3	1.9
Lebanon	33.2	30.4	28.3	26.4	25.3	24.6
Morocco	4.9	2.7	1.5	0.9	0.5	0.3
Oman	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4
Pakistan	8.1	5.6	3.9	2.7	2	1.4
Qatar	1.8	1.4	1.1	0.9	0.7	0.6
Saudi Arabia	4.2	3.1	2.3	1.8	1.3	1
Tunisia	7.1	3.9	2.1	1.2	0.7	0.4
United Arab Emirates	1.9	1.6	1.4	1.2	1	0.9
Yemen	13.8	11.1	9	7.4	6.1	5.1
EUROPEAN REGION:
Albania	11.7	10	8.8	7.7	6.8	6.1
Andorra	28	26.9	25.9	24.6	23.7	23.3
Armenia	2.6	2.2	1.9	1.6	1.4	1.2
Austria	39.7	34.1	29.5	25.3	21.8	18.5
Azerbaijan	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3
Belarus	12	11	10	9.2	8.4	7.7
Belgium	28.4	26.4	24.6	23	21.7	20.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	35.7	33.2	31.2	29.4	27.8	26.6
Bulgaria	37.6	32.4	28.1	24.4	21.4	18.9
Croatia	23.9	25.6	27	28.9	30.9	33.2
Cyprus	22.5	21.1	19.9	18.8	18	17.2
Czechia	26.8	26.9	26.9	27	27	27.4
Denmark	34.4	28.8	23.9	20	16.7	14
Estonia	23.8	22.9	21.7	20.6	19.7	19
Finland	22.4	20	17.7	15.8	14	12.5
France	26.8	26.1	25.5	24.9	24.6	24.2
Georgia	6	5.6	5.3	5	4.7	4.5
Germany	27.1	25.9	24.7	23.7	22.6	21.3
Greece	43.4	39.3	35.8	32.6	30	27.9
Hungary	32.2	28.9	26.1	23.5	21.3	19.3
Iceland	27	21.8	17.8	14.6	11.9	9.9
Ireland	37	31.6	27.1	22.6	19.2	16.2
Israel	24	20.7	17.7	15.4	13.3	11.5
Italy	18.9	18.6	18.2	17.6	17.1	16.3
Kazakhstan	10.6	9.3	8.2	7.2	6.2	5.4
Kyrgyzstan	5.3	4.7	4.2	3.7	3.3	3
Latvia	21.9	21.9	21.7	21.5	21.4	21.7
Lithuania	19	18.6	18	17.2	16.9	16.6
Luxembourg	26.9	24.4	22.2	20.4	18.6	17.1
Malta	27.3	23.5	20.6	18.6	16.6	15
Montenegro	50.4	48.1	46.2	44.2	42.6	41.3
Netherlands	33.1	29.4	26.3	23.5	20.8	18.6
Norway	40.7	32.3	25.5	20.1	15.8	12.3
Poland	34.6	29.8	25.7	22.3	19.3	16.6
Portugal	13.4	13.4	13.2	13.1	12.9	13
Republic of Moldova	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.4
Romania	25.3	23.5	21.9	20.3	18.9	17.6
Russian Federation	18.8	19.4	19.5	19.6	19.8	20
Serbia	38.3	36.9	35.2	33.9	32.9	31.7
Slovakia	20.3	20.5	20.6	20.9	21.1	21.6
Slovenia	21	19.9	18.6	17.4	16.3	15.3
Spain	28.3	26.5	24.8	22.6	20.7	18.9
Sweden	31.6	26.6	22.3	18.8	15.6	13.1
Switzerland	23.5	22.3	21.4	20.6	19.6	18.6
Turkey	19.6	17.7	16.1	14.4	12.9	11.4
Ukraine	12.7	12.1	11.4	10.8	10	9.3
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	35.1	28.9	23.7	19.2	15.7	12.8
Uzbekistan	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3
SOUTHEAST ASIA:
Bangladesh	5.1	2.9	1.6	1	0.6	0.3
India	5.6	3.8	2.6	1.8	1.3	0.9
Indonesia	4.7	3.8	3.2	2.7	2.3	2
Maldives	8.6	5.4	3.5	2.2	1.4	0.9
Myanmar	13.5	10.4	8.2	6.5	5.1	4.1
Nepal	28.4	19.3	13.2	9.2	6.4	4.5
Sri Lanka	1.6	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.1
Thailand	2.7	2.5	2.3	2.2	2	1.9
Timor-Leste	9.6	8.2	7.2	6.3	5.6	5
WESTERN PACIFIC:
Australia	21.7	18.1	15.2	12.8	10.7	8.9
Brunei Darussalam	3.8	3	2.5	2	1.7	1.4
Cambodia	5.9	4	2.8	1.9	1.4	1
China	2.9	2.6	2.4	2.2	2.1	1.9
Cook Islands	43.6	34.6	27.9	22.2	18	14.4
Fiji	15.7	13.6	11.8	10.4	9.2	8.1
Japan	13	11.6	10.4	9.3	8.3	7.5
Kiribati	57.4	48.9	41.8	36.4	31.7	27.8
Lao People's Democratic Republic	16.7	12.6	9.4	7.3	5.6	4.3
Malaysia	2.6	1.9	1.3	1	0.7	0.5
Mongolia	7.5	6.6	6	5.5	5	4.6
Nauru	69.1	59.2	51	44.4	38.6	34.1
New Zealand	28	22.3	17.8	14.1	11.2	8.9
Niue	18.3	15.2	12.8	10.8	9.2	7.9
Palau	15.2	12.2	9.8	8.1	6.5	5.4
Papua New Guinea	40.6	33.8	28.5	24.2	20.7	17.8
Philippines	10.3	9.2	8.3	7.4	6.6	5.9
Republic of Korea	6.8	6.4	6.1	5.9	5.7	5.5
Samoa	25.2	21.9	19.2	16.8	14.8	13.2
Singapore	5.3	5	4.8	4.5	4.2	4
Tonga	15.9	14.5	13.2	12	11	10.1
Vanuatu	5	4.1	3.4	2.9	2.4	2.1
Viet Nam	1.6	1.4	1.2	1	0.9	0.8

Source: PwC Health Research Institute