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The average smoker in China spends about 25% of personal income on cigarettes.

1.7 trillion cigarettes a year (99% produced domestically) are smoked by 300 million

men (63% current smokers) and 20 million women (4% of women are current

smokers). 60% of male health care professionals smoke. Only 2.3% of adults were

former smokers. More than 60% of female nonsmokers between ages 25 and 50

have regular exposure to passive smoke. Lung cancer is recognized by about 40% of

adults as related to smoking, but heart disease was recognized as related by only

about 4%.

JAMA, October 6, 1999, pp. 1247-1253

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Of deaths from tobacco in China (700,000 in men and 100,000 in women in 2000),

45% are from chronic lung disease, 15% from lung cancer, and 5-8% each from

esophageal cancer, liver and stomach cancers, tuberculosis, stroke, and heart

disease. At present smoking rates, about 100 million of the 300 million Chinese men

and boys now under age 30 will eventually be killed by tobacco.

British Medical Journal, November 21, 1998, p. 1421

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By the middle of the 21st century, three million Chinese men will die from smoking

each year. Tobacco-related death will claim at least 100 million of the over 300 million

males under age 30 in China. Researcher Richard Peto has said: "The truth is a third

of all the young men in China will eventually be killed by smoking... you've got 300

million smokers there, and of the young ones, half of them are going to be killed by the

habit." The annual consumption of cigarettes in China increased from 100 billion in

the early 1950's to 1800 billion (1.8 trillion) in 1998.

Reuters, November 18, 1998

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In 1990, smoking caused about 12% of male mortality in middle age in China. This

proportion is expected to increase to about 33% by the year 2030.

British Medical Journal, November 21, 1998, p. 1423

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