Tobacco smoking was significantly more common among men than women in Tanzania as of 2018. According to the survey, there were two million current smokers in the country. Some 12.9 percent were male, while only 1.1 percent were female.
Percentage of tobacco smokers in Tanzania as of 2018, by gender
According to the source, "the data was weighted to conform to the latest available population figures from the 2012 Population and Housing census projected for 2017. The 4,797 unweighted cases corresponded to approximately 29.6 million adults aged at least 15 years in the country".
The source also adds: "Current tobacco smoking was defined as having smoked tobacco within the past 30 days either daily or occasionally. The smoked tobacco products assessed in the survey included manufactured cigarettes, hand-rolled cigarettes, kiko, cigars and shisha".
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Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics. (March 1, 2020). Percentage of tobacco smokers in Tanzania as of 2018, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1183499/tobacco-smokers-in-tanzania-by-gender/
Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics. "Percentage of tobacco smokers in Tanzania as of 2018, by gender." Chart. March 1, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1183499/tobacco-smokers-in-tanzania-by-gender/
Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics. (2020). Percentage of tobacco smokers in Tanzania as of 2018, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1183499/tobacco-smokers-in-tanzania-by-gender/
Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics. "Percentage of Tobacco Smokers in Tanzania as of 2018, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Mar 2020, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1183499/tobacco-smokers-in-tanzania-by-gender/
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