| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 27 International |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour |
| International: Latin America |
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| 37% of men and 20% of women in Latin America are smokers. |
| San Francisco Chronicle, December 26, 1994, p. A17 |
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| 1990 smoking prevalence among adults in Argentina was 45% of men and 30% of |
| women; in Brazil, 40% of men and 25% of women; and in Mexico, 43% of men and |
| 20% of women. |
| World Health Organization |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| Fidel Castro, a long-time cigar smoker, has stopped smoking, and has also made |
| well-publicized public statements supporting smoking control. |
| Social Science and Medicine 38:109, 1993 |
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| The smoking prevalence in Cuba (age 15 and older) declined from 42% in 1984 to |
| 37% in 1995. |
| Abstract PO 114, 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Beijing, 1997 |
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| Total cigarette consumption in the Dominican Republic rose by 44% between 1976 |
| and 1990, with aggressively promoted Marlboros accounting for most of the increase. |
| World Watch, July-August 1997, p. 21 |
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| Puerto Rico has much higher smoking prevalence rates than the rest of the United |
| States, and Winston has 80% of the market share. In Hispanic areas all over the |
| United States, Skoal Bandits are a heavy promoter of Cinco de Mayo events. |
| 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Beijing, 1997 (Alan Blum, M.D.) |
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