Chapter 2 Demographics of tobacco use

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The death toll from smoking in the decade of the 1990's is expected to total 3 million

for Eastern Europe and 5 million throughout the former Soviet Union.

American Medical News, October 3, 1994, p. 14

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The total death toll from smoking in the developed countries is expected to be 21

million in the decade of the 1990's.

9th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Paris, 1994

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Over the period from 1950 to 2000, 60 million people (50 million men and 10 million

women) in developed countries alone have died or will die from smoking.

New York Times, September 21, 1994, p. A16

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Past and projected annual tobacco-related deaths: 1950 : Total 300,000, Developed

countries 300,00, Developing countries Negligible. 1965 : Total 1,0Past and

projected annual tobacco-related deaths: 1950 : Total 300,000, Developed countries

300,00, Developing countries Negligible. 1965 : Total 1,000,000, Developed

countries 900,000, Developing countries 100,000. 1975 : Total 1,500,000, Developed

countries 1,300,000, Developing countries 200,000. 1995 : Total 3,000,000,

Developed countries 2,000,000, Developing countries 1,000,000. , 2000 : Total

3,500,000, Developed countries 2,400,000, Developing countries 1,100,000. 2025 :

Total 10,000,000, Developed countries 3,000,000, Developing countries 7,000,000.

The Tobacco Epidemic, p. 8

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At present smoking rates, there will be 100 million deaths from tobacco in the next 20

years.

10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Beijing, 1997 (Richard Peto)

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