Smoking habits and alternatives in Spain

This report delves into the smoking habits in Spain as well as the current trends influenced by the country’s smoking bans and the surge of modern alternatives to tobacco products.
The scenario of tobacco consumption is changing globally – entire continents tend to cut down on the habit whereas some other areas are reportedly increasing their number of smokers. Spain, with a smoking rate of approximately 22 percent, ranks as one of the Europe’s top smokers, along with other fellow Mediterranean countries such as Greece or France. And although that might seem like a large share of their population, Spain has been able to drop the smoking rate by three percent in the last decade by means of a series of smoking bans implemented throughout the 2000s.
This report explores the changes the tobacco consumption is currently experiencing in Spain as well as the new trends the Spanish smoking population are picking up with the rise of electronic smoking. This study also contains information about the current prices of cigarettes and main drivers for the Spanish population to quit smoking.