Vietnam among world's top 15 countries with most adult male smokers

Since 2015, the rate of tobacco use among Vietnamese men decreased from 45.3 per cent to 42.3 per cent. - baotainguyenmoitruong.vn

HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): Vietnam is among the 15 countries with the largest number of adult male smokers in the world mainly due to easy access to cigarettes triggered by the low tobacco tax and emergence of various types of e-cigarettes, according to a health official.

The reduction in the rate of smokers in the country had not yet reached the target set out in the Strategy on Prevention and Control of Tobacco’s Harmful Effects, Luong Ngoc Khue, head of the Health Ministry's Department of Medical Service Administration, said at a workshop held on Tuesday (May 23).