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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 27 International |
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| | International: China |
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| | 70% of all men ages 25 to 35 in China are smokers, as are 46% of health |
| | professionals. |
| | 9th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Paris, 1994 (H. Thai) |
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| | In 1989, 67.5% of male physicians in the city of Beijing smoked, higher than the |
| | national average of 57% of physicians. |
| | American Medical News, October 3, 1994 |
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| | In China there is no age ban on smoking, and 35% of 12 to 15-year-olds and 10% of |
| | nine to 12-year-olds are smokers. (60% of men and 7% of women over age 15 |
| | smoke.) |
| | Panoscope, October 1994, p. 19 |
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| | In a survey of high school seniors in Beijing, China, 46% of males and 5.5% of |
| | females were smokers. |
| | Tobacco Control, Summer 1994, p. 107 |
| | tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| | There were 100,000 deaths from tobacco-induced disease in China in 1987. By the |
| | year 2025, these deaths will increase twenty-fold, to two million per year. |
| | NEJM, March 28, 1991, p. 918 |
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| | China has expanded its tobacco production dramatically, from 18 million pounds in |
| | 1911 to 3.4 billion pounds in 1980 and 4.7 billion pounds by 1990. |
| | Tobacco in History, p. 212 |
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