| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 27 International |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour |
| International: Middle East and Northern Africa |
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| In the 22 countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region, where much of the population |
| is Muslim, smoking has more than doubled in the last 25 years. Smoking prevalence |
| in Egypt is 37% for men and 1-2 % for women. |
| 9th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Paris, 1994 (M. Alkhateeb) |
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| Smoking prevalence in various countries (first figure males, second is females): |
| Tunisia 68% and 11%; Egypt 33% and 2%; Morocco 60% and 20%; Nigeria 53% and |
| 13%; Kuwait 52% and 12%; and Bahrain 33% and 9%. |
| Tobacco: A Major International Health Hazard, and Tobacco and Health, p. 441 |
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| In Morocco, 47.5% of physicians in one survey were smokers. |
| 9th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Paris, 1994 (M. Bartal) |
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| 6.5 million of Cairo's 10 million people are smokers, consuming 46 billion cigarettes a |
| year. 5% of personal income in Egypt is spent on tobacco, compared to 2-3% on |
| health care. In Lebanon, a 30-foot-high billboard of the Marlboro Man looms over the |
| Rue Hamra, Beirut's once glamorous shopping street, and the everyday dangers of |
| life are so great that any risks of smoking pale in comparison. |
| Los Angeles Times, August 3, 1988 |
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| Egypt is the "leading" Third World country in importing tobacco, losing $178 million a |
| year in balance of trade from tobacco imports. |
| Tobacco Control in the Third World, p. 43 |
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