Smoking prevalence in Turkey
Adult1 (15 years+), 1997		Youth2 (7-13 year olds), 1996		Physicians3, 1993
Male	51 %	Male	13.9 %	Males	52.9 %
Female	49 %	Female	9.1 %	Females	41 %

¹ Daily smoking;
Turkish Tobacco Institute. Tobacco consumption, percent of population daily smokers. (1999). OECD Health Data 1999: A Comparative Analysis of 29 Countries. [CD-ROM]. OECD.

² Ever cigarette smoking in Ankara;
Emri, S. et al. (1998). Recognition of cigarette brand names and logos by primary schoolchildren in Ankara, Turkey. Tob Control, 7, 386-392.

³ Daily smoking among physicians in Antalya Province;
Dedeoglu, N. et al. Tobacco use among health personnel (physicians and nurses) in Antalya. Turkish Journal of Smoking and Health, 1, 7-11.

Deaths attributed to smoking ^*

Mortality from cancer, respiratory and circulatory disease, 1990 ^*



Source: Ferlay, J., Parkin, D.M., & Pisani, P. (1998). GLOBOCAN 1: Cancer Incidence and Mortality Worldwide. [CD-ROM]. International Agency for Research on Cancer.

Pharmaceutical treatments for tobacco dependence ^*

Dosage form	Regulatory status	Comments
Nicotine gum	Prescription Only Medicines	Not advertised
Nicotine Patch	Prescription Only Medicines	Not 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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