Last for everything else, Albanians sixth in the world for smoking

According to data published by tobaccolas.org, cigarette consumption for people over 16 was 2,492 per person for 2016, thus listing among the world's highest consumption countries. In the Western Balkans, the highest cigarette consumption, where a person over 16 drinks on average in a year over 2,000 cigarettes is Macedonia, and in second place Albania.

According to Tobaccoatlas.org, Montenegro has the lowest cigarette consumption in the region with 1101 cigarettes. It then ranks Bosnia and Herzegovina, where cigarette consumption is 1767, followed by Serbia with 1899 cigarettes.

Worldwide, some 5.7 trillion cigarettes have been consumed. Although consumption has declined easily in recent years, the industry's performance is uncertain.

Despite the tobacco industry's commitment to less - consuming society, marketing campaigns are under way in some countries of the world, while the decline in consumption in the United States, Australia, Brazil, is linked to implementing strong laws to reduce its consumption.

According to analysis conducted by tobaccolas.org. Cigarette consumption is projected to increase in many of the low- and medium-income countries as a result of dynamic economic developments and continued population growth.

World's highest consumption countries

The world's highest cigarette consumption site is Andorra, where according to data cigarette consumption for the population over 16 in 2016 was 6398 cigarettes, followed by Luxembourg with a consumption of 6330 cigarettes.

Then by a considerable margin, Belarus ranks where cigarette consumption per capita according to Tobbacoatlas.org data accounts for 2911 cigarettes.

And African countries and parts of Latin American countries are the ones that have the lowest consumption, as noted by the map. /Monitor