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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 27 International |
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| | International: Western Europe |
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| | In Spain, smoking prevalence declined from 40% in 1978 to 36% in 1993. However, |
| | in the same period, the percentage of male smokers declined from 65% to 48%, but |
| | the prevalence of smoking among women increased from 17% to 25%. In 1995, an |
| | estimated 46,000 men died from tobacco, up from 7,200 in 1955. |
| | Tobacco or Health: a Global Status Report, p. 381 |
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| | In Spain in the 1980's, 65% of male physicians smoked, and in the Netherlands, 56% |
| | did. In contrast, fewer than 10% of physicians smoke in the United States, the United |
| | Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Norway. |
| | British Journal of Addiction 84:1397, 1989 |
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| | In a survey of medical students in Santiago, Spain, the prevalence of "habitual |
| | smokers" dropped from 58% in 1985 to 20% in 1996. Prevalence was also 20% in |
| | medical students from Zaragoza. |
| | Abstracts PO 61 and 71, 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Beijing, |
| | 1997 |
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| | Greece has the highest per capita yearly cigarette consumption in Europe (3800 |
| | cigarettes), and 51% of men are smokers. |
| | Taxes on Tobacco Products, European Bureau for Action on Smoking Prevention, |
| | December 1992, p. 4 |
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