| The Tobacco Reference Guide
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| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 27 International |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour |
| International: Eastern Europe |
| globalink (artefact pour saut de ligne) |
| In Eastern Europe, Philip Morris is involved in nine joint ventures in seven countries |
| and is investing $80 to $100 million in a new plant in St. Petersburg, Russia. RJ |
| Reynolds has invested a total of $300 million in the area since 1992, and together, the |
| two companies' Eastern European operations manufactured nearly 157 billion |
| cigarettes in 1994. |
| American Medical News, October 3, 1994, p. 14 |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| 155 million of the 425 million people in Eastern Europe are smokers of 700 billion |
| cigarettes a year. In 1989, only 3% of the market in Eastern Europe was controlled by |
| the multinational companies, but they have now purchased a total of nine plants for |
| $640 million with a manufacturing capacity of 200 billion cigarettes a year. |
| 9th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Paris, 1994 (Greg Connolly) |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| Marlboros sold for $15 per pack in Sarajevo in 1993. |
| New York Times, September 5, 1993 |
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| In Turkey, 30% of senior medical students are smokers, as are 63% of men and 25 to |
| 50% of women depending upon the area of the country. 30% of teens ages 15 to 18 |
| also smoke. Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds have invested half a billion dollars in new |
| factories in Turkey, and Marlboro has sponsored a disco for medical students. |
| Tobacco Control, Fall 1994, pp. 202 and 208 |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| Page 43 of 116 |
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