Smoking in Central African Republic
In the Central African Republic, there is a lack of prevalence data for smoking. However, the available data indicates that smoking-related mortality presents a significant public health concern in the country. In 2021, the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) reported 1,917 deaths attributable to smoking. Among these, there were 281 female deaths and 1,636 male deaths. The percentage of all deaths attributable to tobacco smoking in 2021 was estimated to be 2.6%, with 0.89% among females and 3.88% among males. In comparison, in 2016, the Tobacco Atlas reported a higher total of 3,093 smoking-related deaths, of which 608 were females and 2,485 were males. The percentage of deaths attributable to smoking in 2016 was 5.05% overall, with 1.6% among females and 5.9% among males. Although these data indicate a decline in both the absolute number of smoking-related deaths and their percentage of all-cause mortality from 2016 to 2021, the burden of smoking is still high in the country and thus requires more enhanced efforts to reduce its public health impact.
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September 25, 2018 by thehill.com
We’re going to need a tobacco buyout for the developing world
Millions of smallholder farmers and their families in Africa and other parts of the developing world are going to lose their livelihoods due to the coming (welcome) fall in global demand for tobacco. This decrease will come as a result of changing technologies (e.g. moving from tobacco to vaping). A number of poor countries are surprisingly dependent on tobacco for jobs and hard currency. The coming end of tobacco products is a major social and economic disruption in these societies.