Cigarettes represent the largest share of manufactured tobacco products in the world, accounting for about 96 percent of total tobacco sales. They are also the most common delivery method of tobacco throughout the world.

However, due to the global spread of products and ideas, some forms of tobacco that were historically found only in certain cultures and regions of the world, are rapidly spreading to other countries. These regional forms of tobacco are embraced in new countries and sometimes gain solid footholds, but they rarely replace manufactured cigarettes as the tobacco most widely consumed. Beyond manufactured cigarettes, these are but a few of many other tobacco products consumed throughout the world:

• Betel Quid with Tobacco (Gutka)
• Bidis
• Cigars. Cigarillos, Little Cigars
• Dissolvable Tobacco Products
• Electronic Cigarettes
• Kreteks
• Light Cigarettes
• Pipes
• Smokeless Tobacco
• Snus
• Waterpipes (Hookahs)

Source: Mackay, J., Eriksen, M., Shafey, O. The Tobacco Atlas, Second Edition. Published by the American Cancer Society, 2006.