tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Luxembourg

Health impact of tobacco use *


Smoking prevalence *

Smoking prevalence in Luxembourg
Adult1 (18 years+), 1998 Youth2 (11-18 year olds), 1998 Health Professionals3, 1991
Male 39 % Male 19 % Doctors 12 %
Female 27 % Female 19 % Females

1 Occasional and regular smoking measured by Fondation Luxembourgeoise Contre le Cancer and ILReS;
information provided by Dr. Marie-Paul Prost-Heinisch of the Fondation Luxembourgeoise Contre le Cancer.

2 Smoking measured by Fondation Luxembourgeoise Contre le Cancer;
Joossens, L. (1999). Some like it "light": women and smoking in the European Union. Belgium: European Network for Smoking Prevention.

3 Current smoking;
WHO. (1997). Tobacco or health: a global status report. Geneva.




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

94.2 %

61.5 %

88.2 %

All Cancer

44.8 %

6.7 %

28.6 %

Vascular

20.6 %

4.8 %

12.0 %

Respiratory

56.5 %

25.7 %

43.7 %

All Other

11.6 %

3.5 %

7.7 %

All Causes

28.6 %

6.2 %

17.7 %

Source:

 Peto, Lopez et al, 1994 (update 1998)



Total deaths from smoking, 1950-2000 *

Male Female Total
25,700 0.00 816,000



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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