Smoking prevalence in Israel
Adult1 (18 years+), 1999		Youth2 (11-15 year olds), 1998		Physicians3, 1995-1996
Male	33 %	Male	8 %	Current smokers	16 %
Female	25 %	Female	4 %	Former smokers	20 %

¹ Current smoking measured by Ministry of Health's Clalit Survey;
information provided by Shosh Gan-Noy.

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 Smoking among physicians (including rotating interns, residents and specialists) at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem;
Samuels, N. (1997). Smoking among hospital doctors in Israel and their attitudes regarding anti-smoking legislation. Public Health, 111, 285-288.

Deaths attributed to smoking ^*

Numbers of deaths from cancer, respiratory and circulatory disease, 1990 ^*



Source: World Health Organization. (1998). World Health Statistics Annual, 1996. Geneva, Switzerland.

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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