Smoking prevalence in Germany
Adult1 (18-59 years), 1997		Youth2 (11-15 year olds), 1998		Physicians3, 199-1993
Male	43.2 %	Male	11 %	Males	29.2%
Female	30 %	Female	11 %	Females	17.6 %

¹ Daily cigarette smoking measured by the Ministry of Health;
Drug Commissioner of the Federal Government. (1999). Drug and addiction report 1998. Germany: C. Nickels.

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 Occasional or regular smoking (at least one cigarette per day) among students at the University of Ulm;
Brenner, H. et al. (1996). Smoking habits of future physicians: a survey among medical students of a South German university. Soz Praventivmed, 41, 150-157.

Deaths attributed to smoking ^*

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





Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1995 ^*



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

Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1995 *
	Males	Females	Total
Lung cancer	92.8 %	45.2 %	84.4 %
All Cancer	37.9 %	6.1 %	22.2 %
Vascular	15.6 %	3.4 %	8.5 %
Respiratory	50.5 %	22.1 %	37.6 %
All Other	10.5 %	3.0 %	6.8 %
All Causes	23.2 %	4.9 %	13.3 %
Source:	Peto, Lopez et al, 1994 (update 1998)

Total deaths from smoking, 1950-2000 ^*

Male	Female	Total
2,700,000	2,100,000	4,800,000

Pharmaceutical treatments for tobacco dependence ^*

Dosage form	Regulatory status	Comments
Nicotine gum 2mg	Pharmacy Only	Advertised
Nicotine gum 4mg	Pharmacy Only	Advertised
Nicotine Patch	Prescription Only Medicines	Advertised
Bupropion Tablet	Prescription Only Medicines

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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