| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 27 International |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour |
| International: Western Europe |
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| The World Health Organization estimates that the deaths of 571,000 persons in 1994 |
| in the European Community will be attributable to smoking. |
| JAMA, March 2,1994, p. 643 |
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| At present smoking rates, 20 million out of Europe's 250 million children will be killed |
| by tobacco. |
| Lancet, September 21, 1991, p. 748 |
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| In Europe in the early 1990's, overall smoking prevalence was 45% for males and |
| 25% for females. Highest rates for men was over 60% in Greece, Hungary, and |
| Turkey, and 57% in Spain and 56% in Poland. The highest rate for women was in |
| Denmark (47%). |
| Tobacco Alert (WHO), July 1993, p. 5 |
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| The number of deaths from smoking in Europe just in the age group 35 to 69 years |
| doubled from 700,000 in 1965 to almost 1,400,000 in 1995. Central and Eastern |
| Europe have the highest rates of smoking-related mortality in the world. |
| Interventions for Smokers, pp. 323 and 344 |
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| For the European Union as whole, proportions of smokers in the age group 25-39 are |
| 53 percent for men and 40 percent for women. In the 15-24 age groups, 39 percent of |
| males and 34 percent of females smoke. In the 25-39 age group for males, 49 |
| percent smoke in the Netherlands, 51 percent in Belgium, 55 percent in West |
| Germany and 57 percent in France. For women in this age group, smoking |
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