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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 27 International |
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| | International: Japan |
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| | "In a world turning against smoking, Japan is still the land that time forgot." |
| | CBS evening news, May 8, 1997 |
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| | 60% of Japanese men smoked regularly in the early 1990's, the highest prevalence of |
| | any developed country, as did 13% of Japanese women. The prevalence of smoking |
| | in Japanese doctors is 44%, exceeded only by Spain's 45% (WHO data). |
| | The Japan Times, July 27, 1993, p. 16 |
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| | In 1990 Japanese smokers consumed 322 billion cigarettes, an increase of 2.5% |
| | from the previous year. Sales of American brands increased by 11%. |
| | Wall Street Journal, September 23, 1991 |
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| | There were 810,000 more women smokers in Japan in 1990 than in the previous |
| | year, and the total number of smokers in the country increased by 890,000 to |
| | 33,190,000. Sales that year totaled $26.89 billion for 322 billion cigarettes. |
| | Wall Street Journal, September 23, 1991, p. B1 |
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| | 328,000,000,000 cigarettes were sold in Japan in 1991, an increase of 2% from a |
| | year earlier. Cigarette sales totaled $27.8 billion, and sales of imported brands, |
| | mostly from the US, were $4.2 billion, an increase of 6%. |
| | American Medical News, May 11, 1992 |
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| | In Japan, the number of men who smoke has declined to 60 percent from 80 percent |
| | in the 1960's, but the percentage of women who smoke is now at 14 percent and |
| | rising steadily. |
| | San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, 1994, p. D1 |
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