Fig. 6

Peak year t _max in cigarette consumption versus Hofstede’s individualism index IDV for 24 OECD countries and Romania. The negative correlation between peak year t _max and IDV in a set of 25 countries (ρ=−0.524, p=0.008) is consistent with slower change in collectivistic societies: the peak year in tobacco consumption tends to occur later in collectivistic societies and earlier in individualistic societies. The seven OECD countries considered for the mathematical model are indicated by dots (ρ=−0.76, p=0.047), and the remaining 18 countries are indicated by asterisks. The line of best fit, calculated using all 25 countries, is given by a solid line