Smoking prevalence in Belgium
Adult1 (15 years+), 1999		Youth2 (11-15 year olds), 1998		Physicians3, 1991
Male	31 %	Male	9 %	Males	28.7%
Female	26 %	Female	8 %	Females	16.5 %

¹ Daily cigarette smoking measured by Le Centre de Recherche er d'Information des Organisations de Consommateurs (CRIOC-SOBEMAP); information provided by Luk Joossens.

² Daily smoking; Currie, C. et al. (2000).
Health behaviour in school-aged children: a WHO cross-national study. Health Policy for Children and Adolescents Series No. 1. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe.

³ Current smoking among French-speaking physicians, including general practitioners and specialists;
Frydman, M. (1993). Smoking habits: the prevention role of teachers and general practitioners. J Envion Pathol Toxicol Oncol, 12(3), 161-165.

Deaths attributed to smoking ^*

Smoking- attributed deaths, all ages, 1955-1995 ^*





Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1990 ^*



Source: Peto, Lopez et al, 1994 (update 1998)

Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1995 *
	Males	Females	Total
Lung cancer	61.4 %	55.6 %	60.6 %
All cancer	49.4 %	5.1 %	30.7 %
Vascular	23.6 %	2.9 %	12.4 %
Respiratory	52.7 %	11.8 %	37.1 %
All other	13.8 %	1.9 %	7.5 %
All causes	31.6 %	4.0 %	18.2 %
Source:	Peto, Lopez et al, 1994 (update 1998)

Total deaths from smoking, 1950-2000 ^*

Male	Female	Total
733,000	36,000	769,000

Pharmaceutical treatments for tobacco dependence ^*

Dosage form	Regulatory status	Comments
Nicotine gum	Pharmacy Only	Advertised
Nicotine Patch	Pharmacy Only	Advertised

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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