Ecuador’s smoking habit, by the stats
May 31 is the World Health Organizations designated World No Tobacco Day. To celebrate the occasion, Ecuadors stats agency INEC has chosen today to release the latest data on the countrys tobacco habit.
Here are the main numbers their survey reveals:
$1.2 million Amount Ecuadorians spend each week on cigarettes
521,220 Number of Ecuadorian smokers
91.5% Percentage of smokers that are male
8.5 % Percentage of smokers that are female
17 Number of cigarettes the average smoker goes through in a week
8.6% Percentage of smokers that use filterless cigarettes
4,000 Number of chemical compounds in cigarette smoke: includes carbon dioxide, methane, propane, acetone, etc.
41 Average age of the Ecuadorian smoker
57 - 64 Average ages of patients currently being treated for tobacco-related cancers
4.6% Percentage of 12 year olds that had bought a cigarette in the last week
You can view the stats agencys infograph in Spanish here.
