Smoking prevalence in Sweden
Adult1 (16-84 years), 1998		Youth2 (11-15 year olds), 1997		Physicians3, 1996
Male	17.1 %	Male	4 %	Males	6 %
Female	22.3 %	Female	6 %	Females	6 %

¹ Daily smoking of any kind of tobacco;
Statistical Bureau VECA. (1999). Smoking and tobacco statistics 1970-1998. Stockholm: Brian Wicklin.

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 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.

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	78.9 %	72.7 %	76.7 %
All Cancer	20.6 %	9.1 %	15.0 %
Vascular	6.8 %	4.0 %	5.4 %
Respiratory	21.6 %	17.1 %	19.4 %
All Other	4.2 %	3.1 %	3.6 %
All Causes	14.4 %	7.3 %	10.9 %
Source:	Peto, Lopez et al, 1994 (update 1998)

Total deaths from smoking, 1950-2000 ^*

Male	Female	Total
207,000	44,000	251,000

Pharmaceutical treatments for tobacco dependence ^*

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