Smoking in Jordan
In Jordan, the prevalence of tobacco smoking among adults shows significant gender and temporal variations. As of 2024, the adult current smoking prevalence was recorded to be 34.7%, with a prevalence of 55.1% among males, and a prevalence of 12.8% among females. This reflects a slight decrease from 2020, when the overall prevalence was at 35.2%, with a prevalence of 57.4% and 12.7% among males and femlaes respectively. The number of smokers in Jordan in 2024 was approximately 2.8 million individuals, which shows a slight increase from 2020 with 2,775,597 smokers. The adult daily tobacco smoking prevalence in 2020 was 37.3%, with 58.9% among males and 15.1% among females. The impact of smoking is evident in health data from 2021, where tobacco smoking contributed to 9.41% of all deaths, with gender-specific mortality rates at 12.36% among males and 4.83% among females, resulting in 4,290 total tobacco smoking-related deaths. These figures represent the ongoing public health challenge caused by tobacco smoking in Jordan, necessitating effective public health interventions to mitigate health impacts from smoking.
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December 11, 2020 by vapingpost.com
Middle East: Smoking Rates Remain High Where Vaping is Shunned
Figures recently released by the Jordanian government in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) have indicated that the Middle Eastern kingdom of Jordan, has the world’s highest smoking rates. Sadly, other Middle Eastern countries seem to have similar rates.
[...] “We believe a few factors explain why less than two per cent of smokers may have switched to less harmful tobacco products in the region,” said David Janazzo, chief financial officer at the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World.