| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 27 International |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour |
| International: General |
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| A comprehensive reference for global trends and data on individual countries is |
| Tobacco or Health, a Global Status Report, World Health Organization, 1997 |
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| Between 1970 and 1985, per capita tobacco consumption fell by 9% in the United |
| States and 25% in Great Britain. In the same period, it increased by 22% in Asia, |
| 24% in Latin America, and 42% in Africa. |
| British Journal of Addiction 84:1398, 1989 |
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| From 1970 to 1980, cigarette consumption doubled in Pakistan, Egypt, Libya, and |
| Kenya, and quadrupled in India. |
| International Journal of Health Services 16:281, 1986 |
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| From 1970 to 1980, cigarette consumption increased by 28% in Latin America, 30% |
| in Asia, and 77% in Africa. |
| Lancet, October 6, 1990, p. 865 |
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| Smoking rates are falling 1.1 percent a year in the developed world, but are rising 2.1 |
| percent a year in the developing world. |
| Washington Post, October 21, 1995 |
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| In 1994, the World Health Organization announced that in developed countries per |
| capita cigarette consumption had fallen by 10% since 1970. But in the developing |
| countries, it increased by 67% over the same period. A spokesman for BAT |
| industries, one of the major cigarette exporters, said: "The notion that we play any role |
| in increasing tobacco usage is fanciful." |
| British Medical Journal, November 18, 1995, p. 1321 |
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