| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 27 International |
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| International: Korea |
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| In South Korea, 70% of men and 8% of women are smokers. |
| Tobacco and Health, p. 692 |
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| In 1985, former Reagan aide Michael K. Deaver as a well paid lobbyist for Philip |
| Morris met with South Korea's president Chun Doo Hwan in an effort to persuade the |
| Korean government to liberalize its policy regarding American cigarette imports. |
| New York Times Magazine, July 10, 1988, p. 62 |
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| South Korea opened its markets to American cigarettes (and a blitz of advertising) in |
| 1988. Just one year later, the smoking rate for male teens had risen from 18% to |
| 30%, and for female teenagers from 2% to 9%. |
| New Yorker, September 13, 1993, p. 85 |
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| After American cigarettes were first introduced into Korea, the number of teenage |
| girls who smoked jumped 450% in one year. |
| Doonesbury cartoon, Garry Trudeau, October 5, 1993 |
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| Since American cigarettes and advertising were introduced in South Korea in 1986, |
| smoking rates among adolescent boys have doubled, and among adolescent girls |
| have quadrupled. |
| Wall Street Journal, September 27, 1990, p. A13 |
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