Cameroon
2023
Rank 84 from a survey of 90 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
81
Indicators
Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
16
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
5
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
8
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
8
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
10
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
24
In Cameroon, the prevalence of smoking is high, with 1,100,000 adults who are tobacco users, i.e., 8.9% and 7,000,000 people who are victims of passive smoking in public places. Among young people, the prevalence is 10.1% or 300,000 smokers aged between 13 and 15 years. According to health authorities, smoking is responsible for 66,000 deaths a year in Cameroon. According to the WHO 2022 report on progress in the fight against NCDs, Cameroon has 74,100 annual deaths linked to non-transmissible diseases (NCDs), of which tobacco is one of the main contributory factors. This situation represents a real burden for the national healthcare system.
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