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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

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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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