tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Albania

Health impact of tobacco use *


Smoking prevalence *

Smoking prevalence in Albania
Adult1 (18-64 years), 1995 Youth2 (14 year olds), 1995 Health workers3, 1993
All adults 31 % All youth 8.8 % All health workers 34.7 %

1 Daily cigarette smoking;
information provided by Dr. Vlasta Hrabak-Zerjavic in the WHO European Region's Tobacco Questionnaire 1996/1997

2 Regular daily smoking measured by European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD);
information provided by Vlasta Hrabak-Zerjavic in the WHO European Region's Tobacco Questionnaire 1996/1997.

3 Regular daily smoking among health workers in the Zagreb area;
information provided by Vlasta Hrabak-Zerjavic in the WHO European Region's Tobacco Questionnaire 1996/1997.




Deaths attributed to smoking *

Numbers of death from cancer, respiratory and circulatory disease, 1995 *



Source: World Health Organization. (1998). World Health Statistics Annual, 1996. Geneva Switzerland.





Source: M. A. Corrao, G. E. Guindon, N. Sharma, D. F. Shokoohi, eds. Tobacco control country profiles. Atlanta : The American Cancer Society, 2000. Published for the 11th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health.


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