| The Tobacco Reference Guide
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| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 27 International |
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| International: China |
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| The world now has an estimated 1.1 billion smokers, about one third of the global |
| population aged 15 years and over. Most of these smokers (800 million) live in |
| developing countries. China alone has 300 million smokers (90% men), about the |
| same number as in all the developed countries combined. About one third of regular |
| smokers in developed countries are women, compared with only about one in eight in |
| the developing world. Total world consumption is 6.05 trillion cigarettes annually. |
| British Medical Journal, July 13, 1996, p. 97 |
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| British-American Tobacco Company (BAT) was well established in China by 1900. |
| After World War II, they were evicted when the Communists seized control of the |
| country and nationalized the tobacco industry. "Foreign cigarettes were condemned |
| as an evil of the capitalist West, yet remained popular; Mao Zedong was a notorious |
| chain smoker of BAT's popular 555 State Express brand." |
| Washington Post National Weekly Edition, December 16-22, 1996, p. 8 |
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| The Chinese market for cigarettes was "opened" by the British American Tobacco |
| Company between 1900 and 1910. Domestic production increased from 600 billion |
| cigarettes in 1978 to 1400 billion in 1987. |
| Tobacco Control, Spring 1994, p. 81 |
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| Deng Xiaoping still smoked his Panda-brand cigarettes at age of 91; he died in early |
| 1997 at age 92. |
| New York Times, June 30, 1996, p. 12 (Travel Section) |
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| In China in 1991, 56% of men and 5% of females were daily smokers. |
| 9th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Paris, 1994 (S. Niu) |
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