Filipinos rank second among the 125.8 million adult smokers in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), according to a study.

Indonesians placed first at 46.16 percent, followed by Filipinos at 16.62 percent, and the Vietnamese at 14.11 percent, the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) said. Burmese are fourth (8.73 percent), followed by Thais (7.74 percent), Malaysians (2.90 percent), Cambodians (2.07 percent), Laotians (1.23 percent) and Singaporeans (0.04 percent).

The study did not say how it got the figures. The Philippines, Indonesia and Laos have no government staff working full-time on tobacco control, according to the study. On the other hand, Malaysia and Thailand each has eight workers assigned to anti-tobacco campaign, while Singapore and Vietnam has seven and six, and Cambodia four. Quoting figures from the World Health Organization, SEATCA said adult smokers in ASEAN account for 10 percent of the world’s 1.25 billion adult smokers.