| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 27 International |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour |
| International: Latin America |
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| "Mexicans have enjoyed smoking for a long time. Ceramic figurines found recently in |
| a tomb in central Mexico dating from A.D. 135 depict two people puffing on cigarettes |
| and grinning." |
| New York Times, June 30, 1996, p. 14 (Travel Section) |
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| In Mexico, where the smoking prevalence is 26%, smoking related deaths have nearly |
| tripled since 1970. |
| JAMA, July 19, 1995, p. 206 |
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| In Mexico, an estimated 37% of males and 17% of females smoke, consuming 51.3 |
| billion cigarettes in 1987. The Marlboro share is 21%. An estimated 4 million Mexican |
| children will eventually die prematurely from smoking induced illness unless present |
| smoking rates decline. |
| Social Science and Medicine 38:107, 1993 |
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| "During Nicaragua's civil war, when most vehicles wandering into battle zones were |
| considered fair game, the contra rebels refused to fire on distribution trucks from |
| tobacco companies. In a nation of heavy smokers, sabotaging the cigarette supply |
| was no way to win hearts and minds." |
| San Francisco Chronicle, December 26, 1994, p. A1 |
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| "Brown and Williamson has virtually redecorated Managua with the |
| red-white-and-black logo of its Lucky Strike brand. Hundreds of restaurants, pool halls |
| and grocery stores are garnished with Lucky Strike neon signs, wall clocks and ash |
| trays." |
| San Francisco Chronicle, December 26, 1994, p. A17 |
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