Smoking prevalence in Spain
Adult1 (16 years+), 1997		Youth2 (11-15 year olds), 1994		Doctors3, 1995
Male	42.1 %	Male	5 %	Males	37.4%
Female	24.7 %	Female	7 %	Females	31.6 %

¹ Daily smoking in a nationally representative survey measured by the Ministry of Health;
information provided by Dolors Marin, Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Direccion General de Salud Publica, Subdireccion General de Epidemiologia, Promocion y Educacion para la Salud (Madrid).

² Daily smoking; King, A. et al. (1996).
The health of youth: a cross-national survey. WHO Regional Publications, European Series No. 69. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe.

³ Regular daily smoking among public sector doctors in Madrid;
Regional Office of Oncological Coordination. Regional Ministry of Health and Social Services. (1995). Knowledge and attitudes regarding tobacco of public sector doctors in the community of Madrid, Appendix XIV. Madrid.

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	90.5 %	0.0 %	82.6 %
All Cancer	39.8 %	0.0 %	25.0 %
Vascular	15.9 %	0.0 %	7.3 %
Respiratory	46.4 %	0.0 %	29.2 %
All Other	9.4 %	0.0 %	5.1 %
All Causes	24.6 %	0.0 %	13.2 %
Source:	Peto, Lopez et al, 1994 (update 1998)

Total deaths from smoking, 1950-2000 ^*

Male	Female	Total
1,248,000	0.0	1,248,000

Pharmaceutical treatments for tobacco dependence ^*

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