According to a recent poll by WCIOM, every fourth Russian woman smokes. Among males, the share of people who enjoy this vice is even higher — 43%.
33% of Russians smoke
It is a shocking number, and while fewer Russian women smoke, the 25% share of tobacco users among females is something any developed state would be extremely concerned with.
Nearly every second Russian guy smokes, according to the latest WCIOM poll.
No wonder Russian women listing profiles on international dating sites demand “No bad habits”! With such high levels of tobacco consumption, ladies have the reason to be concerned with, especially if they don’t consume tobacco themselves.
- 29% of smokers prefer cigarettes.
- 1% use electronic cigarettes.
- 3% use tobacco-warming systems.
- 7% smoke pipes or self-made cigarettes.
The poll was conducted among city dwellers aged over 18.
- The majority of respondents who smoke (95%) started with cigarettes.
- 3% of survey takers used other types of smoking options.
- 8% began the use with electronic cigarettes.
- 4% tried tobacco-warming systems first.
Non-smokers
- 47% of respondents never smoked (59% among females)
- 20% used to smoke (16% among females)
The highest share of people who never smoked was among the age category 50+ (52%). They also had the largest number of former users who no longer light up (23%). Possibly, health reasons and the price of cigarettes, as well as better understanding of the consequences drive these results.
In total. 6,000 respondents were surveyed in different cities of Russia.
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It is really a problem in Russia. For women, a cigarette is something of a fashion image and they think that it creates a sort of elegance (I think that in other countries it is the same). While in France and anywhere in Europe smoking is more and more prohibited, it is not the same in Russia, even if some steps have been done these last years on this subject. I only hope that there will be a real government no-smoking programm in Russia on a large scale.
Funny about the fashionability. I agree to see it in a sexy context the smoke looks sexy. But then when I am near it it smells bad. It’s also bad for the skin and will make an ugly pigging early dying old person. So I may be attracted to a smoker but I would never date one. Hahaha.
I agree with you. The smell of smoking people is often disgusting and you don’t want to date them. I think that it is difficult for a no-smoker to live with a smoker. But I also know some cases when smokers stopped their bad habit by love for a no-smoker.
After I’ve read it, I don’t know that smoking is so widespread in Russia. It’s daunting problem and the government should solve this problem really quickly. Because smoking leads to the large number of serious diseases. And I don’t even want to think about pregnant smoking women.
Yeah, smoking is one of the biggest problems in Russia. What is more, smoke is bad not only for those who are smoking, but also for people who don’t smoke at all. Because the real problem is that people smoke everywhere: at home, in office, at the bus stop, on the playground and etc. I think it is a very bad manner and the government don’t really know how to control it.
What a terrible habit that makes our lives so much shorter. The thing is that it’s very difficult to give up because it forms a focusing illusion which is stronger than a physical one. I can only wish luck to those who want to change their lives and stop smoking because the statistics is terrifying.