Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

April 12, 2023 Dear Aghia Sayo, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Mar 28, 2023 03:37:50 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for The number of cigarette smokers in the Philippines. Your FOI request is approved. In reference to your data request, our data on this are limited to the following: Global Adult Tobacco Survey https://psa.gov.ph/gats-index 17.3 Million Filipino Adults are Current Tobacco Smokers (Final Results from the 2009 Global Adult Tobacco Survey) https://psa.gov.ph/content/173-million-filipino-adults-are-current-tobacco-smokers-final-results-2009-global-adult National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) https://psa.gov.ph/content/national-demographic-and-health-survey-ndhs 2017 Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey Final Report https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/PHILIPPINE%20NATIONAL%20DEMOGRAPHIC%20AND%20HEALTH%20SURVEY%202017_new.pdf Note: You may refer to Table 3.10 Tobacco smoking Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well­being for all at all ages https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G03/?tablelist=true&rxid=d2cabba4-8a65-469e-84dd-d12149388237 3.a.1 Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 15 years and older https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G03/0203I3D03A1.px/?rxid=d2cabba4-8a65-469e-84dd-d12149388237 3.a.s1 Prevalence of current tobacco use https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G03/0213I3D3AS1.px/?rxid=d2cabba4-8a65-469e-84dd-d12149388237 We would love to hear your Feedback so we can improve our services. Kindly fill out the PSA Customer feedback form from this link: https://tinyurl.com/OnlineCSSForm. Thank you. Respectfully, Noel G. Perez (Information Technology Officer III) Officer-in-Charge Information Technology and Dissemination Service