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In the Czech Republic, cigarette consumption is increasing by 4% per year. 43% of

men and 31% of women smoke, including a third of the doctors, half the nurses, and

the country's minister of health. Philip Morris has bought the state tobacco company

and has locked up 80% of the Czech market; Philip Morris officials refused to speak

to CBS news for the report.

CBS evening news, May 8, 1997

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In Slovakia, created after partition of Czechoslovakia in 1993, 42% of adults smoke,

55% of men and 30% of women.

Abstract PO 103, 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Beijing, 1997

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In the Czech Republic in 1994, the overall smoking prevalence was 39% and in

physicians 34%.

Tobacco and Health, p. 769

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In Prague, Czechoslovakia, an electric streetcar decorated as a pack of Camels runs

its route with another tram resembling a Marlboro pack.

9th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Paris, 1994 (Greg Connolly)

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In Romania, 60% of men and 25% of women smoke. More alarming, 61% of male and

51% of female doctors also smoke, and smoking is common in hospitals. "The

choice of a majority is a pack of filterless Carpati at 18 cents, compared with nearly

$2 for a pack of Marlboros."

USA Today, August 6, 1997, p. 2A

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