Krasnodar region took second place in the ranking of regions with a low proportion of smokers

Krasnodar region took the second place in the ranking of Russian regions with the lowest prevalence of smoking. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the data of the Ministry of Health of Russia for September 2026.

The share of smokers aged 18 years and older in the Krasnodar region was 4.51%. The figure was lower only in Chechnya - 0.28%. Ingushetia took third place with a score of 5.94%.

The top six also included Tuva, where 6.26% of adults smoke, Dagestan (8.81%) and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (9.67%). This is followed by North Ossetia with an indicator of 10.19%, Mordovia - 10.6% and Chuvashia - 11.03%.

In another article, we wrote that since the beginning of the year, more than 69 thousand residents of the Krasnodar Territory have been examined in the Health Centers.