SMOKING STATUS OF

FILIPINO CHILDREN & ADULTS

FNRI
FOOD AND
NUTRITION
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE

DEPARTMENT
OF
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
 SMOKING
OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS

– those who smoked during the survey either on a

FNRI CURRENT “daily” (at least one cigarette a day) or on a
regular/occasional basis; those who do not smoke
SMOKERS
FOOD AND daily but who smoke at least weekly or those who
NUTRITION smoke less often than weekly.
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE

DEPARTMENT
OF - those who have ever smoked in the past year
SCIENCE AND
FORMER prior to survey whether on a daily basis or an
TECHNOLOGY
SMOKERS aggregate lifetime consumption of at least 100
cigarettes but not daily, and are no longer
smoking at the time of the survey

NEVER
- those individuals who have never smoked at all
SMOKERS
FNRI
FOOD AND
NUTRITION
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE
SMOKING
DEPARTMENT
OF
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY STATUS
 Distribution of male adults 20 years old and over
by smoking status and age group: Philippines,
2013
Never Current Former

FNRI Males 34.0 44.7 21.3

FOOD AND
NUTRITION 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
RESEARCH Prevalence %
INSTITUTE

DEPARTMENT AGE GROUP

Never Current Former
OF
SCIENCE AND 20.0-29.9 41.6 45.0 13.4
TECHNOLOGY
30.0-39.9 34.0 48.1 17.9

40.0-49.9 29.9 47.6 22.5

50.0-59.9 29.6 44.3 26.0

60.0-69.9 25.7 38.2 36.1

> 70 34.9 25.1 40.0

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Prevalence %
 Distribution of female adults 20 years old and
over by smoking status and age group:
Philippines, 2013
Never Current Former

FNRI Females 82.0 7.8 10.2

FOOD AND
NUTRITION 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE Prevalence %

DEPARTMENT AGE GROUP Never Current Former

OF
SCIENCE AND
20.0-29.9 82.6 6.2 11.2
TECHNOLOGY
30.0-39.9 83.7 6.7 9.6
40.0-49.9 84.6 7.4 8.0

50.0-59.9 81.4 9.1 9.5

60.0-69.9 78.0 11.1 10.9

> 70 72.1 13.2 14.7

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Prevalence %
 Distribution of adults 20 years old and over by
smoking status and age group: Philippines, 2013
Never Current Former

FNRI
All 59.1 25.4 15.4

FOOD AND
NUTRITION 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
RESEARCH Prevalence %
INSTITUTE
AGE GROUP
DEPARTMENT Never Current Former
OF
SCIENCE AND 20.0-29.9 62.9 24.8 12.3
TECHNOLOGY
30.0-39.9 59.9 26.6 13.6

40.0-49.9 57.5 27.3 15.2

50.0-59.9 57.1 25.7 17.3

60.0-69.9 53.3 23.9 22.8

> 70 57.5 17.9 24.6

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Prevalence %
 Distribution of Smoking Status among Adults
20 years & over : Philippines, 1998-2013

70

FNRI
Never Smokers Current Smokers Former Smokers

60

FOOD AND 59.1

NUTRITION 55.0
RESEARCH
50 54.5 54.3
INSTITUTE
Prevalence %

40
DEPARTMENT
OF
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY 30 34.8
32.7 31.0
20 25.4

10 14.7 15.4
12.8
10.2
0
1998 2003 2008 2013
 Distribution of children 10.0-19.9 years by
smoking status: Philippines, 2013
Never Current Former

Males 80.7 11.9 7.4

FNRI 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
FOOD AND
NUTRITION
Never Current Former
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE

DEPARTMENT
Females 94.8 1.2 3.9
OF
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0

Never Current Former

All 87.5 6.8 5.7

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
 Distribution of Smoking Status among Children
10.0-19.9 years: Philippines, 2008 and 2013

2008 2013

FNRI 90

80
86.4 87.5

FOOD AND
NUTRITION 70
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE 60

DEPARTMENT 50
OF
SCIENCE AND 40
TECHNOLOGY
30

20
9.1
10 6.8 5.7
4.5

0
Never Current Former
 Prevalence and 95% CI of adult current
smokers: Philippines, 2013
REGIONS LL UL PREVALENCE (%)
PHILIPPINES 24.5 26.3 25.4
NCR 20.4 26.1 23.3

FNRI Ilocos
Cagayan Valley
24.5
21.5
28.5
28.6
26.5
25.1
FOOD AND CAR 14.3 23.7 19.0
NUTRITION Central Luzon 28.1 34.1 31.1
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE CALABARZON 23.1 27.9 25.5
MIMAROPA 21.7 29.3 25.5
DEPARTMENT
OF Bicol 23.2 28.6 25.9
SCIENCE AND
Western Visayas 23.3 29.3 26.3
TECHNOLOGY
Central Visayas 16.9 22.1 19.5
Eastern Visayas 19.2 26.6 22.9
Zamboanga Peninsula 26.8 35.8 31.3
Northern Mindanao 20.9 26.0 23.5
Davao 20.1 26.3 23.2
SOCCSKSARGEN 24.3 32.1 28.2
ARMM 23.4 32.5 28.0
CARAGA 24.3 32.5 28.4
 Prevalence of Current Smokers by Place of
Residence and Wealth Quintile: Philippines, 2013
Poorest Poor Middle Rich Richest
35.0 33.9

30.7

FNRI
30.0
27.8 28.4
27.1
24.9 24.3
FOOD AND 25.0
NUTRITION
RESEARCH 21.1
INSTITUTE
20.0 18.6
DEPARTMENT
OF 16.0
SCIENCE AND 15.0
TECHNOLOGY

10.0

5.0

0.0
Rural Urban
FNRI
FOOD AND
NUTRITION
SMOKELESS
SMOKING
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE

DEPARTMENT
OF

STATUS
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
 Distribution of male adults 20 years old and over
by smokeless smoking status and age group:
Philippines, 2013
Never Current Former

FNRI Males 96.3 2.5 1.2

FOOD AND
NUTRITION 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
RESEARCH Prevalence %
INSTITUTE

DEPARTMENT AGE GROUP

Never Current Former
OF
SCIENCE AND 20.0-29.9 97.4 1.8 0.8
TECHNOLOGY
30.0-39.9 95.7 2.8 1.5

40.0-49.9 96.2 2.6 1.2

50.0-59.9 96.1 2.7 1.2

60.0-69.9 95.6 3.0 1.5

70 and over 94.3 4.2 1.5

0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0

Prevalence %
 Distribution of female adults 20 years old and
over by smokeless smoking status and age group:
Philippines, 2013
Never Current Former

FNRI Females 98.2 1.1 0.8

FOOD AND
NUTRITION 0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE Prevalence %

DEPARTMENT AGE GROUP Never Current Former

OF
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY 20.0-29.9 99.3 0.3 0.4

30.0-39.9 99.0 0.6 0.4

40.0-49.9 98.3 1.0 0.7

50.0-59.9 97.8 1.4 0.8

60.0-69.9 95.7 2.7 1.6

> 70 93.0 4.1 2.9

0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0

Prevalence %
 Distribution of adults 20 years old and over by
smokeless smoking status and age group:
Philippines, 2013 Never Current Former

FNRI
All 97.3 1.8 1.0

FOOD AND
NUTRITION 0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0
RESEARCH Prevalence %
INSTITUTE
AGE GROUP
DEPARTMENT Never Current Former
OF
SCIENCE AND 20.0-29.9 98.4 1.0 0.6
TECHNOLOGY
30.0-39.9 97.4 1.6 0.9

40.0-49.9 97.2 1.8 1.0

50.0-59.9 97.0 2.0 1.0

60.0-69.9 95.6 2.8 1.6

> 70 93.5 4.1 2.3

0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0

Prevalence %
 Prevalence of Current Smokeless Smoking by
Place of Residence and Wealth Quintile:
Philippines, 2013
Poorest Poor Middle Rich Richest
6.0

5.3

FNRI 5.0

FOOD AND
NUTRITION
RESEARCH 4.0
INSTITUTE

DEPARTMENT
OF 3.0
2.6 2.7
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY 2.3

2.0
1.5
1.2 1.1
1.0
0.7
0.4
0.2
0.0
Rural Urban
FNRI REPORTED
EXPOSURE TO
FOOD AND
NUTRITION
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE

SECONDHAND
DEPARTMENT
OF
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY

SMOKE
 Distribution of children 10.0-19.9 years by
reported exposure to secondhand smoke at
home: Philippines, 2013
No exposure 1x a week 2-6 days a week 7 days a week

FNRI
Males 59.1 3.9 12.1 25.0

FOOD AND 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
NUTRITION
RESEARCH No exposure 1x a week 2-6 days a week 7 days a week
INSTITUTE

DEPARTMENT Females 59.9 3.4 12.9 23.8

OF
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0

No exposure 1x a week 2-6 days a week 7 days a week

All 59.5 3.7 12.5 24.4

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
 Distribution of adults 20.0 years old and over by
reported exposure to secondhand smoke at
home: Philippines, 2013
No exposure 1x a week 2-6 days a week 7 days a week

FNRI
Males 67.0 2.4 7.8 22.8

FOOD AND 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
NUTRITION
RESEARCH No exposure 1x a week 2-6 days a week 7 days a week
INSTITUTE

DEPARTMENT Females 60.3 2.7 8.6 28.3

OF
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0

No exposure 1x a week 2-6 days a week 7 days a week

All 63.5 2.6 8.3 25.7

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
 Distribution of adults 20.0 years old and over by
reported exposure to secondhand smoke outside
the home: Philippines, 2013
No exposure 1x a week 2-6 days a week 7 days a week

FNRI Males 32.9 4.1 21.4 41.6

FOOD AND
NUTRITION 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE
No exposure 1x a week 2-6 days a week 7 days a week
DEPARTMENT
OF
SCIENCE AND Females 44.4 6.2 19.7 29.7
TECHNOLOGY

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0

No exposure 1x a week 2-6 days a week 7 days a week

All 38.9 5.2 20.5 35.3

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
 SUMMARY
25.4% or 1 in 4 adults, 20 years old and over are current
smokers
FNRI There is a significant decline in the prevalence of smoking
FOOD AND among adults from 2008 to 2013.
NUTRITION
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE 6.8% or 7 in 100 children 10.0 to 19.9 years old are current
DEPARTMENT
smokers
OF
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
A decrease in the prevalence of smoking among children
from 2008 to 2013 is also observed, although results are not
statistically significant.

The top three regions with the highest proportions of current

adult smokers are Zamboanga Peninsula (31.3%), Central
Luzon (31.1%) and CARAGA (28.4%).
 SUMMARY

There is a significantly higher proportion of current smokers

FNRI among the rural poor than in their urban counterparts.

FOOD AND 1.8% of adults are current smokeless smokers; 2.5% were
NUTRITION
RESEARCH males and 1.1% were females
INSTITUTE

DEPARTMENT 40.6% of children reported to have been exposed to

OF
SCIENCE AND secondhand smoke at home
TECHNOLOGY

Overall, 36.6%of adults have reported to have been

exposed to secondhand smoke at home; exposure is
higher among females at 39.6% than males at 33%.

Reported exposure to secondhand smoke outside the

home is higher among males at 67.1% than females.