Smoking Ban Policies in Italy and the Potential Impact of the So-Called Sirchia Law: State of the Art after Eight Years

Table 1

Percentage of smokers and daily cigarettes consumption (overall data plus data stratified by gender). Italy, 2001–2013.

Calendar year	Percentage of smokers (overall)	Percentage of smokers (males)	Percentage of smokers (females)	Daily cigarettes consumption (overall)	Daily cigarettes consumption (males)	Daily cigarettes consumption (females)
2001	28.9	34.8	23.6	16.4	18.8	12.2
2002	26.6	31.1	22.3	16.8	19.2	13.1
2003	27.6	33.2	22.5	16.1	18.6	12.2
2004	26.2	30.0	22.5	14.8	16.1	13.1
2005	25.6	29.3	22.1	14.0	15.8	11.9
2006	24.3	28.6	20.3	13.6	14.8	12.0
2007	23.5	27.9	19.3	14.1	14.9	13.0
2008	22.0	26.4	17.9	14.4	15.3	13.0
2009	25.4	28.9	22.3	14.1	16.0	11.7
2010	21.7	23.9	19.7	13.0	14.5	11.5
2011	22.7	26.0	19.6	13.6	15.6	11.1
2012	20.8	24.6	17.2	13.0	14.3	11.3
2013	20.6	26.2	15.3	12.7	13.5	11.5