Smoking prevalence in Czech Republic
Adult1 (18 years+), 1998		Youth2 (11-15 year olds), 1998		Physicians3, 1998
Male	28 %	Male	7 %	Males	26 %
Female	12 %	Female	5 %	Females	21 %

¹ Regular (daily) cigarette smoking;
Survey IVVM 1998, Smoking Prevalence in the Czech Republic 1996-1998 submitted by Dr. J.T. Kozak of the European Medical Association, Smoking OR Health Committee.

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 Daily and occasional smoking among physicians all over the country;
information provided by Eva Kralikova of the European Medical Association (Czech Committee).

Deaths attributed to smoking ^*

Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1990 ^*



Source: Peto, Lopez et al, 1992, 1994

Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1990 *
	Males	Females	Total
Lung cancer	94.0 %	55.6 %	88.1 %
All Cancer	47.7 %	5.7 %	29.1 %
Vascular	25.1 %	3.8%	13.6 %
Respiratory	57.6 %	19.0 %	42.6 %
All Other	10.9 %	2.9 %	7.4 %
All Causes	28.9 %	4.6 %	17.1 %
Source:	Peto, Lopez et al, 1992, 1994

Pharmaceutical treatments for tobacco dependence ^*

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

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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