Smoking prevalence in Russian Federation
Adult1 (18 years+), 1996		Youth2 (11-15 year olds), 1998		Physicians3, 1996-1999
Male	63 %	Male	9 %	Males	41 %
Female	14 %	Female	6 %	Females	13 %

¹ Current smoking;
McKee, M. et al. (1998). Patterns of smoking in Russia. Tob Control, 7, 22-26.

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 among physicians in Moscow, ages 30-70 years;
information provided by Dr. David Zaridze.

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	96.6 %	78.8 %	93.7 %
All Cancer	52.1 %	8.3 %	32.6 %
Vascular	29.1 %	3.7 %	14.7 %
Respiratory	66.0 %	27.9 %	50.6 %
All Other	8.2 %	1.7 %	6.0 %
All Causes	30.0 %	8.8 %	19.1 %
Source:	Peto, Lopez et al, 1992, 1994

Total deaths from smoking, 1950-2000 ^*

Pharmaceutical treatments for tobacco dependence ^*

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

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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