Highest consumption of cigarettes (country)

According to Official Guinness Records,

The world's largest consumer of cigarettes, in terms of volume purchased, is China with 1.69 trillion cigarettes sold in 2002. With a global consumption in 2000 of 5.5 trillion this means that approximately one in every three cigarettes smoked today is smoked in China. The 1998 list from WHO & 2002 update from The Economist (18/10/03): 1. China 1,643 billion (1998);1.69 trillion (2002) 2. USA 451 billion (1998); 410 billion (2002) 3. Japan 328 billion (1998);310 billion (2002) 4. Russia 258 billion (1998);300 billion (2002) 5. Indonesia 215 billion (1998);210 billion (2002) For updates: WHO's Tabacco Free Initiative: http://www5.who.int/tobacco/page.cfm?sid=84 5,500 billion can also be represented as 5.5 trillion.

For a complete list of 2002 records, please visit 2002 Guinness Records in China.

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