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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 27 International |
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| | International: Eastern Europe |
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| | In Eastern Europe, Philip Morris is involved in nine joint ventures in seven countries |
| | and is investing $80 to $100 million in a new plant in St. Petersburg, Russia. RJ |
| | Reynolds has invested a total of $300 million in the area since 1992, and together, the |
| | two companies' Eastern European operations manufactured nearly 157 billion |
| | cigarettes in 1994. |
| | American Medical News, October 3, 1994, p. 14 |
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| | 155 million of the 425 million people in Eastern Europe are smokers of 700 billion |
| | cigarettes a year. In 1989, only 3% of the market in Eastern Europe was controlled by |
| | the multinational companies, but they have now purchased a total of nine plants for |
| | $640 million with a manufacturing capacity of 200 billion cigarettes a year. |
| | 9th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Paris, 1994 (Greg Connolly) |
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| | Marlboros sold for $15 per pack in Sarajevo in 1993. |
| | New York Times, September 5, 1993 |
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| | In Turkey, 30% of senior medical students are smokers, as are 63% of men and 25 to |
| | 50% of women depending upon the area of the country. 30% of teens ages 15 to 18 |
| | also smoke. Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds have invested half a billion dollars in new |
| | factories in Turkey, and Marlboro has sponsored a disco for medical students. |
| | Tobacco Control, Fall 1994, pp. 202 and 208 |
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