31.6% of Turkish adults (age 15+) currently smoke tobacco.
44.1% of men and 19.2% of women smoke.
Among youth (age 13-15),2 17.9% currently smoke tobacco (boys 23.2%; girls 12.1%), 7.7% smoke cigarettes (boys 9.9%; girls 5.3%), and 12.8% smoke other tobacco products (boys 17.3%; girls 8%)
10.6% of adults (age 15+) who worked indoors were exposed to tobacco smoke at the workplace, 12.7% were exposed in restaurants, and 28% in cafes.
51.8% of youth (age 13-15) are exposed to secondhand smoke in enclosed public places and 46.1% are exposed to secondhand smoke at home.
Nearly 85,000 Turks die each year from smoking-related diseases.
29.2% of male deaths and 8.2% of female deaths are due to tobacco smoke in Turkey (21.1% overall).
One in five deaths from cardiovascular diseases in Turkey are attributable to tobacco, as well as half of all deaths from chronic respiratory diseases and over three quarters of deaths from tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancers.
International tobacco companies dominate the cigarette market in Turkey. In 2018, Philip Morris International held 43.6% of the cigarette market by volume, followed by British American Tobacco with 23.3%, Japan Tobacco Inc with 18%, domestic company European Tobacco with 2.4%, and Imperial Tobacco Group with 2.1%. About 118.5 billion cigarettes were sold in Turkey in 2018.
Turkey ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on December 31, 2004. The treaty went into effect on March 31, 2005.
