Smoking prevalence in Latvia
Adult1 (16-64 year olds), 1998		Youth2 (11-15 year olds), 1997		Health professionals3, 1993
Male	53 %	Male	11 %	Physicians	59 %
Female	18.4 %	Female	6 %	Nurses	26 %

¹ Daily smoking;
The Health Promotion Centre of Latvia. (1998). Health Behaviour Survey among the Latvian adult population.

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	94.0 %	46.4 %	86.3 %
All Cancer	46.5 %	4.2 %	27.0 %
Vascular	24.0 %	2.6 %	11.6 %
Respiratory	66.5 %	33.6 %	57.3 %
All Other	7.8 %	1.6 %	5.3 %
All Causes	25.4 %	3.1 %	14.0 %
Source:	Peto, Lopez et al, 1992, 1994

Pharmaceutical treatments for tobacco dependence ^*

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