22.5% of Vietnamese adults (age 15+) currently smoke tobacco products (men 45.3%; women 1.1%).
18.2% of all adults smoke cigarettes
6.7% smoke waterpipes (men 13.7%; women 0.2%)
2.3% of youth (ages 13–15) currently smoke cigarettes (boys 3.6%; girls 1.2%).
42.6% of adults are exposed to secondhand smoke in indoor workplaces, 80.7% in restaurants and bars, and 19.4% are exposed on public transport.
71.2% of youth (ages 13–15) are exposed to secondhand smoke in public places and 58.5% of youth are exposed to secondhand smoke at home.
At least 75,000 Vietnamese die each year from smoking-related causes.
Nearly 20% of all male deaths and 8% of adult female deaths are due to tobacco smoking.
The Vietnam National Tobacco Corporation, a government owned tobacco company, holds more than half (55%) of the cigarette market share. International tobacco companies hold most of the remaining cigarette market share in Vietnam. In 2015, British American Tobacco led with 26.5% of market share, followed by Philip Morris International (7%), Imperial Tobacco (7%), and Japan Tobacco (1.5%). In Vietnam, nearly 74 billion cigarettes were sold in 2015.
Vietnam ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on December 17, 2004. The treaty went into effect on March 17, 2005.
