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Took this from Yahoo news site this evening, looks like the youngsters on here might be taking their hols in Germany when they retire. No explantion why they think it will last so long in Germany when they have similar % of smokers to us now.
The year smoking will die out around the world: table
British American Tobacco is to buy the second largest cigarette company in Colombia for $452m (?277.7m).
Here, we list the date smoking will die out in 18 different countries from the UK to New Zealand.
The table below illustrates the year the trend hits zero in each of the following nations:
? Source: Citi Investment Research and Analysis based on OECD, national data, TMA and JT data
The year smoking will die out around the world: table
British American Tobacco is to buy the second largest cigarette company in Colombia for $452m (?277.7m).
Here, we list the date smoking will die out in 18 different countries from the UK to New Zealand.
The table below illustrates the year the trend hits zero in each of the following nations:
| Country | % of the population that smokes | Citi's earliest prediction for end of smoking |
| Sweden | 15 | 2028 |
| Australia | 17 | 2030 |
| Iceland | 16 | 2033 |
| Canada | 18 | 2040 |
| United Kingdom | 21 | 2040 |
| Norway | 21 | 2042 |
| United States | 21 | 2046 |
| Netherlands | 28 | 2048 |
| Belgium | 20 | 2051 |
| Japan | 24 | 2054 |
| Spain | 26 | 2056 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 2058 |
| Italy | 23 | 2091 |
| Finland | 21 | 2093 |
| France | 25 | 2118 |
| Greece | 40 | 2231 |
| Germany | 23 | 2280 |
? Source: Citi Investment Research and Analysis based on OECD, national data, TMA and JT data
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