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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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| | 16 million people in China are employed in tobacco cultivation. |
| | Tobacco in History, p. 8 |
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| | The Chinese state monopoly produces 1.7 trillion cigarettes a year, three times the |
| | number sold in the United States, for the country's estimated 350 million smokers. |
| | 12% of the annual revenue of the Beijing government is from cigarette sales, even |
| | though officials estimate that they lose $2 billion a year in tax revenue, more than 10% |
| | of current cigarette taxes, because of a thriving black market in foreign cigarettes. The |
| | tax on imported cigarettes is 260%, and foreign brands hold about an estimated 3% |
| | market share, or 50 billion cigarettes per year. |
| | Washington Post National Weekly Edition, December 16-22, 1996, pp. 8-10 |
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| | China collects $8.5 billion a year from tobacco taxes and profits from its state-owned |
| | tobacco manufacturer. |
| | 60 Minutes, August 18, 1996 |
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| | Farmlands planted with tobacco in China have risen 10-fold in the last 30 years to 1.6 |
| | million hectares, competing with cotton and grain. An official newspaper reports that |
| | 35% of children ages 12-15 are smokers, as are 10% of children ages 9 to 11. |
| | Vital Signs 1995, Lester Brown, World Watch Institute |
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| | The Asian cigarette market is expected to grow by more than a third during the |
| | 1990's. Per capita cigarette consumption in China has increased by 7% each year in |
| | the last decade in China. The 300,000,000 smokers in China (more than the entire |
| | population of the US) consume 1.6 trillion cigarettes annually. Per capita cigarettes |
| | consumed are now almost 2000 per year. |
| | New York Times, May 14, 1994, p. E1 |
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