Smoking prevalence in Greece
Adult1 (18 years+), 1994		Youth2 (11-15 year olds), 1998		Physicians3, 1992
Male	46 %	Male	5 %	Males	50 %
Female	28 %	Female	5 %	Females	16.8 %

¹ Daily smoking;
Tobacco consumption, percent of population daily smokers. (1999). OECD Health Data 1999: A Comparative Analysis of 29 Countries. [CD-ROM]. OECD.

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 Regular daily smoking in five hospitals throughout Athens;
information provided by Pantelis Vekios in the WHO European Region's Tobacco Questionnaire 1996/1997.

Deaths attributed to smoking ^*

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





Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1995 ^*



Source: Peto, Lopez et al, 1992, 1994

Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1995 *
	Males	Females	Total
Lung cancer	90.9 %	75.0 %	88.5 %
All Cancer	56.7 %	4.8 %	32.6 %
Vascular	15.8 %	2.6 %	8.9 %
Respiratory	25.0 %	3.8 %	15.5 %
All Other	9.5 %	2.1 %	6.2 %
All Causes	21.6 %	2.9 %	12.7 %
Source:	Peto, Lopez et al, 1994 (update 1998)

Total deaths from smoking, 1950-2000 ^*

Male	Female	Total
362,000	48,000	410,000

Pharmaceutical treatments for tobacco dependence ^*

Dosage form	Regulatory status
Nicotine gum 2mg	Pharmacy Only
Nicotine gum 4mg	Prescription Only Medicines
Nicotine Patch 5,7,10,14mg	Pharmacy Only
Nicotine Patch 15, 21mg	Prescription Only Medicines
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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