Smoking prevalence in Iceland
Adult1 (18-69 years), 1998		Youth2 (15 year olds), 1994		Physicians (26-90 years)3, 2000
Male	27 %	Male	15 %	Males	4 %
Female	28 %	Female	20 %	Females	2.1 %

¹ Daily smoking;
Tobacco Control Taskforce of Iceland. (1998). Reykingar a Islandi. Smoking in Iceland, 1998.

² Daily smoking;
World Health Organization. (1997). Tobacco or health: a global status report. Geneva.

³ Daily smoking among a random sample of The Icelandic Medical Association members;
Price Warehouse Coopers. (2000). The Icelandic Medical Association: Survey in February 2000.

Deaths attributed to smoking ^*

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



Source: Ferlay, J., Parkin, D.M., & Pisani, P. (1998). GLOBOCAN 1: Cancer Incidence and Mortality Worldwide. [CD-ROM]. International Agency for Research on Cancer.

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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