Across 10 countries in South America, the highest value is in Chile (26.7 %) and the lowest in Paraguay (6.4 %).
The median country is at 12.1 %: half are above, half below.
The percentage of the population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco)…
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho · via World Bank WDI (SH.PRV.SMOK) ·
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