Support to help quit smoking by country
National support for quitting smoking or tobacco use has different levels: - Countries in dark blue offer a national quitline and cover costs for nicotine replacement therapy or other cessation services. - Countries in light blue cover the costs of some services, but not all. - Countries in orange offer some...
Countries reporting
191
Highest
5
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
2
Tajikistan
Median
4
Years covered
16
2007–2022
Data points
1,746
What the numbers show
Support to help quit smoking is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 5 in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 2 in Tajikistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 4, and the mean is 3.7.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Montenegro (down 50.0%).
Support to help quit smoking: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Austria | 5 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Brazil | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Canada | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 5 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Czechia | 5 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Denmark | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Ethiopia | 5 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | India | 5 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Iran | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Israel | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jamaica | 5 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Jordan | 5 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | South Korea | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Mexico | 5 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Mauritius | 5 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | New Zealand | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Philippines | 5 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Romania | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 5 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Singapore | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 5 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Sweden | 5 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Tonga | 5 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Turkey | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Zambia | 5 | 2022 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 5 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 33 | Angola | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Albania | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Andorra | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Argentina | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Armenia | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Australia | 4 | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 33 | Belgium | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Bahrain | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 33 | Bahamas | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Belarus | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Belize | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Bolivia | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Barbados | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Brunei | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Bhutan | 4 | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 33 | Botswana | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Switzerland | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | China | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Cameroon | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Colombia | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Cuba | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Cyprus | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Germany | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Ecuador | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Egypt | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Spain | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Estonia | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Finland | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Fiji | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | France | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Micronesia (country) | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Ghana | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Greece | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Guatemala | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Guyana | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Honduras | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Croatia | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Hungary | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Indonesia | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Iraq | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Italy | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Japan | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Kenya | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Cambodia | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Kiribati | 4 | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 33 | Lebanon | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Libya | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Saint Lucia | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Lesotho | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Lithuania | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Latvia | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Monaco | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Moldova | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Maldives | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Marshall Islands | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | North Macedonia | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Mali | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Myanmar | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Mongolia | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Mozambique | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Mauritania | 4 | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 33 | Malaysia | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Namibia | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Nigeria | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Norway | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Pakistan | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Panama | 4 | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 33 | Peru | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Palau | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Poland | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | North Korea | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Portugal | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Paraguay | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Qatar | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Russia | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Sudan | 4 | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 33 | Senegal | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Solomon Islands | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | El Salvador | 4 | 2022 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 33 | Serbia | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Slovenia | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Eswatini | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Seychelles | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Thailand | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Turkmenistan | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | East Timor | 4 | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 33 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Tunisia | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Uruguay | 4 | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Venezuela | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Vietnam | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Samoa | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | South Africa | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 4 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Niue | 4 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Afghanistan | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Burundi | 3 | 2022 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Chile | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Congo | 3 | 2022 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 137 | Comoros | 3 | 2022 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 137 | Cape Verde | 3 | 2022 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 137 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Algeria | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Georgia | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Iceland | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Liberia | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Morocco | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Madagascar | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Nicaragua | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Nauru | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Palestine | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Suriname | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Chad | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Tuvalu | 3 | 2022 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 137 | Tanzania | 3 | 2022 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 137 | Uganda | 3 | 2022 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 137 | Ukraine | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Yemen | 3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 166 | Benin | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 166 | Central African Republic | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 166 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 166 | Djibouti | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 166 | Dominica | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 166 | Eritrea | 2 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Gabon | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 166 | Guinea | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 166 | Gambia | 2 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Guinea-Bissau | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | flat |
| 166 | Equatorial Guinea | 2 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Grenada | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 166 | Haiti | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 166 | Laos | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 166 | Montenegro | 2 | 2022 | down 50.0% | flat |
| 166 | Malawi | 2 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Niger | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 166 | Nepal | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 166 | Oman | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 166 | Papua New Guinea | 2 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | Rwanda | 2 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | Sierra Leone | 2 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | San Marino | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 166 | Somalia | 2 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | Syria | 2 | 2022 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 166 | Togo | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 166 | Tajikistan | 2 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
About this data
National support for quitting smoking or tobacco use has different levels: - Countries in dark blue offer a national quitline and cover costs for nicotine replacement therapy or other cessation services. - Countries in light blue cover the costs of some services, but not all. - Countries in orange offer some services, but do not cover any costs.