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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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| | Poland has since 1991 organized a health promotion campaign that has led to |
| | significant decreases in smoking. Prevalence rates for men dropped from 62% in |
| | 1982 to 52% in 1992 and 42% in 1996; in women the corresponding rates for these |
| | years were 30%, 25% and 21%, respectively. |
| | Abstract OS 171, 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Beijing, 1997 |
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| | 20.5% of medical students surveyed in Lublin, Poland, were smokers. |
| | Abstract PO 11, 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Beijing, 1997 |
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| | An ad for L&M cigarettes in Poland features red Mustangs and the logo "Discover a |
| | taste of freedom." |
| | San Francisco Examiner, April 18, 1998, p. A1 |
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| | Lady Di brand cigarettes are available in Poland, manufactured by Polish Tobacco |
| | Co. |
| | Tobacco Control, Spring 1999, p. 17 |
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| | In the Czech Republic, 40% of doctors, 70% of the members of parliament, and the |
| | health minister are smokers. |
| | 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Beijing, 1997 (Hana Sovinova) |
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