Geography
- About 80% of the world's smokers live in low- and middle-income countries.
Preventing Chronic Disease" A Vital Investment, World Health Organization - Poor households in low-income countries carry a particularly heavy burden from tobacco use, with significant health, educational, housing, and economic opportunity costs.
Equity, social determinants, and public health programmes, World Health Organization - Tobacco-related deaths in developing countries are projected to double by 2030 while and high-income countries to decline by 9%
"Projections of global mortality and burden of disease from 2002 to 2030,' Public Library of Science Medicine - Adults living in rural areas of the US have among the highest self-reported smoking rates in the country.
"Prevalence and trends in smoking: a national rural study," Journal of Rural Health
