| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 27 International |
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| International: Russia and the former Soviet Union |
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| There are about 70 million smokers in the former Soviet Union, or 26% of the |
| population. 90% of the cigarettes produced are of the high tar variety, and 700 billion |
| are consumed each year. (Another source estimates consumption at 450 billion). |
| Tobacco: A Major International Health Hazard, p. 75, NBC News, March 10, 1994, |
| and American Medical News, September 28, 1992 |
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| There are 280,000 yearly deaths from smoking in Russia. |
| CNN news, August 26, 1997 |
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| A 1993 survey found that 48% of male and 14% of female medical students in Russia |
| were smokers. |
| Tobacco or Health: a Global Status Report, p. 372 |
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| Smoking rates for Russian males have increased to 66%, compared to 53% in 1985, |
| and 26% of Russian women smoke, up from 10% in 1985 |
| Oakland Tribune, September 14, 1997, p. A14 (Cox News Service) |
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| American companies in the former Soviet Union have a 7% market share; in 1992, |
| Philip Morris exported 24 billion Marlboros (which cost five times the price of local |
| brands), and RJ Reynolds sold 14 billion cigarettes. The former Soviet Union is the |
| world's third largest market (after China and the US), and 400,000 people there die |
| yearly of smoking-related diseases. |
| Philip Morris International in 1992 signed a contract to build a factory near St. |
| Petersburg capable of producing 10 billion cigarettes a year. |
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