Smoking prevalence in Ireland
Adult1 (18 years+), 1998		Youth2 (11-15 year olds), 1998		Dentists3, 1990
Male	32 %	Male	10 %	Males	15 %
Female	31 %	Female	7 %	Females	15 %

¹ Regular and occasional cigarette smoking measured by Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition;
Department of Health and Children/National University of Ireland. (1999). The National Health and Lifestyle Surveys. Dublin/Galway: Friel, S., et al.

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 Current smoking among practicing dentists in Ireland;
McCartan, B.E. et al. (1993). Smoking habits and attitudes of Irish dentists and dental students. J Ir Dent Assoc, 39(2), 26-29.

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	81.8 %	80.0 %	81.3 %
All Cancer	39.0 %	17.1 %	28.9 %
Vascular	17.6 %	11.6 %	14.7 %
Respiratory	45.5 %	31.8 %	38.6 %
All Other	7.1 %	11.1 %	9.1 %
All Causes	25.5 %	15.5 %	20.6 %
Source:	Peto, Lopez et al, 1994 (update 1998)

Total deaths from smoking, 1950-2000 ^*

Male	Female	Total
166,000	65,000	231,000

Pharmaceutical treatments for tobacco dependence ^*

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