For example, in 1989, taxes accounted for 45% of the total price of cigarettes which increased to 55.5% in 2002 and 73.7% today.
According to the American Lung Association, cigarette usage among high school students fell 74 percent between 2002 to 2019
From exclusively statistical numbers, the latest study of the serious organization "Japan Tobacco" showed drastic decreases of the number of smokers: from 36,5% in 1995 (and up to 83% of all Japanese men in 1966!), they were not more than 21,7% adults (and 10% of all women) in 2011, and then 17,7% in 2018 (29,4% of men and 7,2% of women)
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