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International: Middle East and Northern Africa

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In the 22 countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region, where much of the population

is Muslim, smoking has more than doubled in the last 25 years. Smoking prevalence

in Egypt is 37% for men and 1-2 % for women.

9th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Paris, 1994 (M. Alkhateeb)

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Smoking prevalence in various countries (first figure males, second is females):

Tunisia 68% and 11%; Egypt 33% and 2%; Morocco 60% and 20%; Nigeria 53% and

13%; Kuwait 52% and 12%; and Bahrain 33% and 9%.

Tobacco: A Major International Health Hazard, and Tobacco and Health, p. 441

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In Morocco, 47.5% of physicians in one survey were smokers.

9th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Paris, 1994 (M. Bartal)

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6.5 million of Cairo's 10 million people are smokers, consuming 46 billion cigarettes a

year. 5% of personal income in Egypt is spent on tobacco, compared to 2-3% on

health care. In Lebanon, a 30-foot-high billboard of the Marlboro Man looms over the

Rue Hamra, Beirut's once glamorous shopping street, and the everyday dangers of

life are so great that any risks of smoking pale in comparison.

Los Angeles Times, August 3, 1988

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Egypt is the "leading" Third World country in importing tobacco, losing $178 million a

year in balance of trade from tobacco imports.

Tobacco Control in the Third World, p. 43

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