Rohini Kumar

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Tobacco use in India has halved this century. At the turn of the millennium, one-in-five adults in India smoked tobacco, and almost half of all adults were using any form of tobacco, including products that are chewed or sniffed. But over the past two decades, rates of both have roughly halved.

Line chart of the estimated share of people aged 15 years and older in India who currently use tobacco where overall use fell substantially this century — about 50% to 24% for any tobacco (including chewed tobacco) and about 19% to 10% for smoking between 2000 and 2022. Source: WHO — Global Health Observatory (2026). License: CC BY.