Overview
- Daily smoking among 18–75 year‑olds dropped to 18% in 2024, down from 25% in 2021 and roughly 28% in the mid‑2010s.
- The decline equates to about 4 million fewer adult smokers than a decade ago, with adolescent smoking around ten times lower than twenty years prior.
- Santé publique France links the trend to higher tobacco prices, reimbursement of nicotine‑replacement therapies, and repeated prevention campaigns under national plans.
- The 10th ‘Mois sans tabac’ begins 1 November, with 1.4 million registrations since 2016 and evidence that a 30‑day quit attempt multiplies long‑term success by five.
- Despite national gains, smoking remains more prevalent among lower‑educated and manual workers and in regions such as Provence‑Alpes‑Côte d’Azur and Occitanie, while the WHO warns of rising vaping and youth‑targeted industry tactics globally.