Smoking prevalence in Romania
Adult1 (15 years & older), 1994		Youth2 (14-16 year olds), 1994-1996		General practitioners3, 1997
Male	42.7 %	Male	2.8 %	Males	40 %
Female	15.2 %	Female	12.3 %	Females	19 %

¹ Current cigarette smoking;
information provided by Dr. Florin Mihaltan, EMASH, Romanian Branch.

² Daily smoking in main towns of 9 districts measured by Programme of Fight Against Tobacco;
Didilescu, C. et al. (1996, September 19). Estimation survey of smoking prevalence among pupils of the eighth, tenth and twelfth forms. Smoke-free Europe Conference Abstracts.

³ Current smoking among general practitioners (sample was 2% of practitioners in the country);
Milhaltan, F. et al. (1998). The habit of smoking and the family physician in Romania. Eur Respir J, 12(28), 80.

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	88.9 %	45.5 %	81.5 %
All Cancer	39.1 %	4.3 %	24.2 %
Vascular	13.8 %	1.7 %	7.4 %
Respiratory	36.8 %	8.6 %	25.2 %
All Other	7.2 %	1.3 %	5.2 %
All Causes	18.5 %	2.6 %	11.0 %
Source:	Peto, Lopez et al, 1992, 1994

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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