Armenia 's National Tobacco Control Program
With more than 70% of the population smoking, Armenia ranks sixth in the number of smokers in the world and number one in Europe .
WHO estimates that 63.7 % of Armenian men smoke, which makes them the heaviest smokers in Europe (2005-2006). According to the American Journal of Public Health (94: 2177 - 87, 2004), Armenia tops the list of the former eight Soviet Union republics in the prevalence of smoking among males. Armenians spend $25million a year on cigarettes (ITAR-TASS ( Russia ), 2004-03-18). The consequences are increases in diseases of the lung, cardiovascular diseases, as well as malignant tumors and allergy.
The spread of smoking among adolescents and women is especially disturbing. About 250 million women in the world are smokers: 22% in developed and 50% in developing countries. In Armenia about 15-30% of women of reproductive age are regular smokers ( different sources, 2005-2006). While there are no reliable statistics for the number of women smokers in Armenia , there is a trend towards increasing smoking among women .
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1 comment:
Well if Armenians are so smart, as claimed by, you guessed it, Armenians, then why are they so susceptible and so influenced by smoking? One would think that a "smart" person would know that smoking is the equivalent to inhaling exhaust fumes from a shitty Russian Lada.
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