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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 27 International |
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| | International: General |
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| | Tobacco marketing is exemplified by the types of brand names that have been |
| | available: Long Life (Taiwan), Life (Malawi, Chile), Hollywood (Brazil), Sport (Mexico), |
| | Ambassade (Zaire), Diplomat (Ghana), Casino (Latin America), Parisiennes |
| | (Argentina), Charms (India), High Society (Nigeria), Full Speed (Ecuador), Sportsman |
| | (Kenya), Olympic (C(re d'Ivoire), and Double Happiness (China)...In Abidjan, Cote |
| | d'Ivorie, a Marlboro advertisement occupies the highest point in the city's skyline. In |
| | Malaysia, Taiwan, South Korea, and Hong Kong, the Marlboro Adventure Team |
| | program is a competition offering lucky entrants a 9-day adventure in the American |
| | "Wild West". In the Philippines, where the population is predominantly Roman |
| | Catholic, promotional calendars feature cigarette brands under a picture of the Virgin |
| | Mary. |
| | Quote from Smoke and Mirrors, p. 226 (Rob Cunningham) |
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| | In 1990-1992, the countries with the highest annual per capita cigarette consumption |
| | per adult 15 years of age and older were Poland (3620), Greece (3590), Hungary |
| | (3260), Japan (3240), Korea (3010), Switzerland (2910), Iceland (2860), the |
| | Netherlands (2820), Yugoslavia (2800), Australia (2710), and Spain and the United |
| | States (2670). Countries with the lowest reported consumption included the Sudan, |
| | Niger, Burma (Myanamar), Afghanistan, and Ethiopia, all with 170 cigarettes per |
| | capita per year or less. |
| | Tobacco or Health: a Global Status Report, 1997, pp. 25-27 |
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| | The countries with the highest smoking prevalence for men are Korea (68%), Latvia |
| | and Russia (67%), the Dominican Republic (66%), Tonga (65%), Turkey (63%), China |
| | (61%), Bangladesh (60%), and Fiji and Japan (59%). (Individual country surveys were |
| | between 1988 and 1994). |
| | Tobacco or Health: a Global Status Report, 1997, p. 14 |
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