How many cigarettes are smoked worldwide each year?
World brutal Data from 2023
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The answer
5,700,000,000,000 cigarettes
Roughly 5.7T.
Around 5.7 trillion cigarettes are smoked each year — roughly 700 for every person on Earth, smoker or not. Cigarette butts are also the most collected item on the world’s beaches, ahead of plastic bottles and bags.
Where this number comes from
| Source | World Health Organization tobacco statistics |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | cigarettes |
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