{"id":22955,"date":"2025-11-18T12:13:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=22955"},"modified":"2025-11-18T12:13:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:13:43","slug":"smoking-rates-high-in-algeria-new-report-reveals-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=22955","title":{"rendered":"Smoking Rates High in Algeria: New Report Reveals Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Algiers<\/strong> &#8211; A recent report indicates that 21.1% of Algerians consume tobacco, placing the country among the highest in smoking prevalence across the Arab and African regions. The data, compiled in a 2025 report, positions Algeria as fourth highest in smoking rates within the Arab and African world, and 56th globally.<\/p>\n<p>The report highlights a significant disparity in smoking habits between genders within Algeria. Approximately 41.6% of Algerian men smoke, compared to only 0.6% of women. This difference is attributed to socio-cultural factors that make smoking more socially acceptable for men than women.<\/p>\n<p>Across the Arab world, Algeria&#8217;s ranking places it behind Jordan (36.3%), Lebanon (34.1%), and Egypt (25.8%). Yemen follows closely behind Algeria with a smoking rate of 20.6%.<\/p>\n<p>Within Africa, Algeria is considered to have moderate to high smoking rates. Other African countries with similar rates include Madagascar (25.1%), Lesotho (24.1%), and South Africa (20.5%). Mauritius and Seychelles also have rates nearing 20%.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, Nauru leads in tobacco consumption with a staggering 46.7% of its population smoking. Myanmar follows with 42.3%. Indonesia records one of the highest smoking rates among men worldwide, with 74.5%.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) states that tobacco use causes over 8 million deaths annually. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identifies smoking as the leading preventable cause of death and disease worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><em>These statistics underscore the urgent need for enhanced anti-smoking campaigns in Algeria, particularly targeting young people. Experts advocate for increased awareness programs and broader restrictions on tobacco advertising and consumption in public spaces.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algiers &#8211; A recent report indicates that 21.1% of Algerians consume tobacco, placing the country among the highest in smoking prevalence across the Arab and African regions. The data, compiled in a 2025 report, positions Algeria as fourth highest in smoking rates within the Arab &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22957,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22955\/revisions\/22957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}