TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO REGION OF THE AMERICAS

Population (millions) Real GDP per capita (PPP), US Dollars

1995 2000 2025 2050 1975 5303
All adults, ages 15+ 0.879 0.971 1.169 1.152 1980 7414
Female adults 0.443 0.491 0.600 0.600 1985 7596
1990 6576
All youth, ages 0-14 0.384 0.323 0.269 0.226
1995 6782
Female youth 0.190 0.160 0.132 0.111
2000 8115
Source: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects 1950-2050 (2000 revision)
Source: World Health Report 2002

SMOKING PREVALENCE
Adult Youth, 2000 Health Professionals
Males 42.1 Males 19.5 Males –
Females 8 Females 11.7 Females –
Overall 17.2 Overall 14.3 Overall –
Adult: (Male and Female) Smoking among 35-69 year olds at the time of survey (1977-1986); Miller, G.J., Beckles, G.L., Maude, G.H., Carson, D.C., Alexis, S.D., Price, S.G. and Byam,
N.T. (1989). Ethnicity and other characteristics predictive of coronary heart disease in a developing community: principal results of the St. James Survey, Trinidad. International Journal of
Epidemiology 18(4): 808-817. (Overall) 15 years and older; National Health Survey, 1995. Information provided by WHO PAHO Regional Office (April 29, 2003).
Youth: (Males and Females) Currently use any tobacco product, forms 1-5; Global Youth Tobacco Survey Collaborative Group. (2002). Trinidad and Tobago GYTS Fact Sheet. Available at
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/Tobacco/global/gyts/GYTS_factsheets.htm. (Overall) Currently use any tobacco product, students 13-15 years old; Global Youth Tobacco Survey Collaborative
Group. (2002). Special Report: Tobacco use among youth: a cross country comparison. Tobacco Control 11: 252-270.
Health professional: No data available

TOBACCO ECONOMY
Annual per capita Consumption, Three Year Moving Average, 1970 = 100 Annual Cigarette Consumption
Per capita Consumption Total Consumption
Year (cigarette sticks) (millions of cigarette sticks)
Level of
cigarette 1970 1483 833
consumption 1980 1313 934
100 96 1990 850 687
compared
to 1970 65 1995 936 823
46
2000 589 572
1970 1980 1990 2000

Annual Tobacco Trade and Agriculture Statistics

Unit of Measurement 1970 1980 1990 1995 2000
Cigarette imports sticks in millions 10 92 12 14 16
Cigarette exports sticks in millions 2 7 26 111 1494
Tobacco leaf imports metric tons 626 1060 662 649 1210
Tobacco leaf exports (% of total exports) metric tons (%) – (–) 11 (0.00%) – (–) – (–) 0 (0.00%)
Cigarette production sticks in millions 825 849 701 920 2050
Tobacco leaf production metric tons 245 14 101 32 70
Land devoted to tobacco growing (% of agricultural land) hectares (%) 227 (0.21%) 24 (0.02%) 48 (0.04%) 20 (0.02%) 45 (0.03%)
Employment in tobacco manufacturing people 540 380 272 166 –

Retail Price of 20 Cigarettes with Tax Market Share by Cigarette Manufacturer, 2001
Type US $ Local

Domestic brand – 7.00 West Indian

Foreign brand – 8.00 Tob. Co. Ltd.
(BAT)
Source: EIU, September 1998
98.5%

Cigarette Taxes and Duties

Sales tax 15%
Import duty 30% of CIF value
Surcharge 105 LCU/1000 cigs
Imports from CARICOM countries are duty free
Source: TMA Source: TMA

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SMOKING-RELATED DISEASE IMPACT
Mortality from Cancer, Respiratory and Circulatory Disease, 1998
Numbers of deaths/World age-standardized mortality rate per 100,000 population
Male Female Male Female
Disease Number Rate Number Rate Ages Disease Number Rate Number Rate Ages
Trachea, lung, and Ischemic heart disease 956 484.8 801 389.7 35+
bronchus cancer 79 38.9 27 13.3 35+ Stroke 592 302.7 600 286.9 35+
Lip, oral cavity, and Other diseases of the
pharynx cancer 27 13.6 12 6.1 35+ circulatory system 185 94.2 167 79.5 35+
Respiratory disease 46 23.4 41 19.7 35+ All causes 4587 2286.2 3838 1858.9 35+
Source: World Health Organization. (2003). WHO Mortality Database. Geneva: WHO.

INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TOBACCO CONTROL

National Tobacco Control Provisions
Tobacco Bans Not Tobacco Requirements Not
and Restrictions Banned Restricted Regulated Unknown and Regulations Required Regulated Regulated Unknown
Advertising in certain media X Advertising health warnings/
messages X
Advertising to certain audiences X
Age verification for sales X
Advertising in certain locations X
Manufacturing licensure X
Advertisement content or design X
Package health warning/
Sponsorship or promotion for
message X
certain audiences X
Label design on packaging X
Sponsorship advertising of events X
Ingredient/constituent
Brand stretching X
information on package label X
Sales to minors X
Amount of tar X
Sales by minors X
Amount of nicotine X
Place of sales X
Amount of other ingredients/
Vending machines X constituents X
Free products X Product constituents as
confidential information X
Single cigarette sales X
Product constituents as
Misleading information on
public information X
packaging X
Constituent disclosure by brand X
Smoking in government
buildings (incl. worksites) X Constituent disclosure in the
aggregate X
Smoking in private worksites X
Smoking in educational facilities X
Smoking in health care facilities X Other Provisions Yes No Unknown
Smoking on buses X National tobacco control
committee X
Smoking on trains N/A
Tobacco control education/
Smoking in taxis X
promotion X
Smoking on ferries X
Anti-smuggling provisions X
Smoking on domestic air flights X
Litigation enabling provisions X
Smoking on international
air flights X
Smoking in restaurants X
Smoking in nightclubs and bars X
Smoking in other public places X

Refer to Appendix B for more information about national tobacco control provisions.

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