Smoking

Among Americans, Smoking Decreases as Income Increases

Gradual pattern is consistent across eight earnings brackets

March 21, 2008
In an unprecedented new effort aimed at measuring individual and collective well-being, the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index reveals a frequent inverse relationship between smoking and income.More ...

Cold Turkey for Turks

Turkey has highest reported incidence of smoking in countries surveyed

January 14, 2008
EU candidate Turkey’s new smoking ban follows a recent wave of similar bans in EU member states. But unlike the member states it hopes to join, Turkey faces a much higher incidence of smoking -- the highest reported incidence in more than 100 countries Gallup surveyed.More ...

In Six Major Nations, Most Pleased With Health, Work

Fewer respondents report exercising, smoking

January 2, 2008
While many people are currently making New Year’s resolutions to improve their health and get better jobs, Gallup finds that most people in six major nations are already relatively satisfied with these aspects of their lives.More ...

Smoking Rates Around the World -- How Do Americans Compare?

The low smoking rate in the United States is similar to the worldwide median, but the prevalence of smoking varies greatly around the world

August 17, 2007
Gallup has tracked the prevalence of smoking in the United States for more than 60 years and, with the introduction of the Gallup World Poll, has begun to do so around the globe. Americans' reported smoking behaviors mirror the worldwide median. However, data from 91 other countries polled indicate rates that range from much lower than the current U.S. percentage to as high as the prevalence seen in the United States during the 1970s.More ...
Who Smokes Most?

Who Smokes Most?

August 17, 2007
Gallup's latest analysis on smoking habits in 91 countries around the globe.

Tobacco and Smoking

Have you, yourself, smoked any cigarettes in the past week? About how many cigarettes do you smoke each day? All things considered, would you like to give up smoking, or not? Do you consider yourself addicted to cigarettes or not? As a result of increased restrictions on smoking in public places, do you feel unjustly discriminated against as a smoker, or do you think the restrictions are justified?More ...

Latest Gallup Update Shows Cigarette Smoking Near Historical Lows

Only 21% of Americans report smoking cigarettes in past week

July 25, 2007
Gallup's annual update on Americans' smoking habits finds the rate of cigarette smoking among the adult population near the low point in the more than 60-year history of this question. Additionally, the poll shows a continuing decline in the amount of cigarettes U.S. smokers smoke each day. The vast majority of smokers continue to express a desire to quit, but also consider themselves addicted to cigarettes.More ...

More Smokers Feeling Harassed by Smoking Bans

Nearly half feel unjustly discriminated against by public smoking restrictions

July 25, 2007
As the percentage of Americans willing to ban smoking in various public places continues to creep up, more smokers than ever say they feel unjustly discriminated against by society. Most Americans say they are sympathetic toward smokers because they understand it is hard to quit even if someone wants to try. At the same time, a majority consider secondhand smoke "very harmful."More ...
Smoking Habits

Smoking Habits

July 25, 2007
Gallup looks at the smoking habits of Americans.

Americans Put Obesity on par With Smoking in Terms of Harmful Effects

Most Americans sympathetic to plight of the obese

July 20, 2007
Americans are as likely to say that being significantly overweight is very harmful to one's health as say this about smoking. More than one-quarter of Americans report that obesity has been a cause of serious health problems in their family. Americans are more than three times as likely to say they are sympathetic to those who are significantly overweight as to say they are unsympathetic.More ...
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