In Brazil, diseases caused by smoking account for 47.6% of total deaths, especially dis-
eases of the circulatory system (31.3% of deaths) and neoplasias (16.3%). Currently, an
epidemiological transition characterized by three basic changes is observed: the replace-
ment of transmissible diseases by non-transmissible diseases, the offset of morbidity and
mortality from younger to elderly groups, and the transition from the situation in which
mortality predominates to that in which morbidity dominates. The current prevalence of
smoking in Brazil decreased from 12.1% (2012) to 11.3% (2013); with a reduction in both
genders, from 9.2% to 8.6% among women and 15.5% to 14.4% among men. The per-
centage values of the prevalence of smoking were mostly low among Brazilian capitals
and the Federal District.