| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 27 International |
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| International: Japan |
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| "In a world turning against smoking, Japan is still the land that time forgot." |
| CBS evening news, May 8, 1997 |
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| 60% of Japanese men smoked regularly in the early 1990's, the highest prevalence of |
| any developed country, as did 13% of Japanese women. The prevalence of smoking |
| in Japanese doctors is 44%, exceeded only by Spain's 45% (WHO data). |
| The Japan Times, July 27, 1993, p. 16 |
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| In 1990 Japanese smokers consumed 322 billion cigarettes, an increase of 2.5% |
| from the previous year. Sales of American brands increased by 11%. |
| Wall Street Journal, September 23, 1991 |
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| There were 810,000 more women smokers in Japan in 1990 than in the previous |
| year, and the total number of smokers in the country increased by 890,000 to |
| 33,190,000. Sales that year totaled $26.89 billion for 322 billion cigarettes. |
| Wall Street Journal, September 23, 1991, p. B1 |
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| 328,000,000,000 cigarettes were sold in Japan in 1991, an increase of 2% from a |
| year earlier. Cigarette sales totaled $27.8 billion, and sales of imported brands, |
| mostly from the US, were $4.2 billion, an increase of 6%. |
| American Medical News, May 11, 1992 |
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| In Japan, the number of men who smoke has declined to 60 percent from 80 percent |
| in the 1960's, but the percentage of women who smoke is now at 14 percent and |
| rising steadily. |
| San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, 1994, p. D1 |
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