| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 27 International |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour |
| International: Asia - Other Countries |
| globalink (artefact pour saut de ligne) |
| Since 1985 and under the threat of imposition of retaliatory trade sanctions, American |
| tobacco companies have opened up markets for American cigarettes and |
| advertising in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. |
| NEJM, March 21, 1991, p. 917 |
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| Unlike in the West, where women's smoking rates often rival or surpass those of men, |
| smoking by women in many developing countries is uncommon, thus representing a |
| vast, untapped potential market for the tobacco industry. The industry's Tobacco |
| Reporter observed: "The Asian market - the lucrative and elusive Asian market. There |
| are not many places left in the world that make US cigarette manufacturers wring their |
| hands in anticipation, and pat their wallets in hope." |
| Tobacco Control in the Third World, p. 4 |
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| All smokeless tobacco products are banned in Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, |
| Ireland, and the United Kingdom. |
| Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs 12:32, 1992 |
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| The Asian tobacco market will grow by 33% in the decade of the 1990's. |
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| Paula Abdul appeared in Seoul in a concert sponsored by Salem, Madonna in Hong |
| Kong also sponsored by Salem cigarettes, and Dire Straits in Malaysia in a |
| Kent-sponsored concert. |
| Reader's Digest, April 1993, p. 54 |
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