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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
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| | International: India and Bangladesh |
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| | In a study from Bombay, prevalence of tobacco use was 57.5% among women, |
| | almost solely in the form of smokeless tobacco. Among men, 69% used tobacco, |
| | including 24% who smoked. About half of the smokers smoked cigarettes, and half |
| | bidis. |
| | Tobacco Control, Summer 1996, p. 114 |
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| | There are about 100 million smokeless tobacco users in India and Pakistan. |
| | Tobacco Control Fact Sheet 8, International Union Against Cancer, December 1996 |
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| | Harvard brand cigarettes are available in India. |
| | Yale alumni magazine, March 1999 |
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| | In India, the prevalence of tobacco use is about 60% in men and 15% in women. |
| | Estimates of yearly deaths from tobacco range from 630,000 to 1 million. |
| | Abstracts S 1/4 and PO 93, 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Beijing, |
| | 1997 |
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