Smoking prevalence in Cyprus
Adult1 (15 years+), 1997		Youth2 (10-14 year olds), 1998
Male	38.5 %	Male	3.6 %
Female	7.6 %	Female	16 %

¹ Daily cigarette, cigar, and/or pipe smoking;
Ministry of Health. (1997). A household survey on smoking prevalence and behavior in Cyprus. Nicosia.

² Regular and occasional smoking in all school districts of Cyprus;
information provided by Dr. E. Stravrou-Costea, University of Cyprus.

Deaths attributed to smoking ^*

number of deaths from cancer, respiratory and circulatory disease, 1990 ^*



Source: Ferlay, J., Parkin, D.M., & Pisani, P. (1998). GLOBOCAN 1: Cancer Incidence and Mortality Worldwide. [CD-ROM]. International Agency for Research on Cancer.

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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