Key Market Indicators
The Irish tobacco consumption rate is set to drop from 14.2 percent of people aged 15 and over who are daily smokers in 2021 to 12.4 percent by 2026. This decrease of 2.1 percent per year is an improvement on the 5.7 percent drop since 1990. Ireland currently ranks 24th in terms of tobacco consumption, with the Netherlands overtaking it at 14.2 percent. Russia, Greece, and Hungary follow in second, third and fourth place respectively.
