Men's Facts - Tobacco Use

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Men are more likely to smoke than women, and male smokers on average smoke more cigarettes than female smokers.

Tobacco use increases the risk of coronary heart disease, some cancers, stroke and chronic lung diseases. It is the single most preventable cause of disease and death in Hong Kong.

Smoking cessation has major and immediate health benefits no matter whether an individual has a smoking-related disease.

Prevalence of daily cigarette smokers* by gender (aged 15 and over) (%)

Time

Percentage

Notes:

* “Daily cigarette smokers” refer to those persons who had a daily cigarette smoking habit at the time of enumeration.

Source: Thematic Household Survey (Pattern of Smoking), Hong Kong Census & Statistics Department

Smoking pattern of daily smokers by gender, Hong Kong SAR, May - Aug 2023

	Male	Female
Average number of cigarettes smoked per day among the daily smokers	12.6	9.3

Source: Thematic Household Survey Report No. 79, Census and Statistics Department