Smoking prevalence in Lithuania
Adult1 (18 years+), 1997		Youth2 (11-15 year olds), 1998		Physicians3, 1992
Male	41.4 %	Male	7 %	Males	38 %
Female	8.6 %	Female	2 %	Females	9.9 %

¹ Regular smoking;
National Centre for Health Promotion and Education. (1997). Health-related behaviour of adult population of Lithuania. Lithuania: Z. Javtokas.

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

Deaths attributed to smoking ^*

Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1990 ^*



Source: Peto, Lopez et al, 1992, 1994

Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1990 *
	Males	Females	Total
Lung cancer	93.7 %	39.9 %	86.0 %
All Cancer	45.9 %	3.4 %	27.5 %
Vascular	21.8 %	2.6 %	11.9 %
Respiratory	69.1 %	26.9 %	54.2 %
All Other	7.5 %	7.3 %	7.5 %
All Causes	25.4 %	3.1 %	14.7 %
Source:	Peto, Lopez et al, 1992, 1994

Pharmaceutical treatments for tobacco dependence ^*

Dosage form	Regulatory status
Nicotine gum	Pharmacy Only
Nicotine Patch	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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