Smoking prevalence in Yugoslavia
Adult1, 1999		Youth2 (9-18 year olds), 1984-1985		Medical students3, 1989
All adults	57 %	All youth, regular	9 %	Males	36.4 %
		All youth, occasional	6.8 %	Females	28.3 %

¹ Cigarette smoking (1999 is date of publication);
Yugoslavia's lower taxes stifle cigarette smugglers. (1999, October 28). The Wall Street Journal Europe.

² Regular or occasional smoking in Novi Sad;
Comprehensive Community Cardiovascular Control Programme. (1985). Data on smoking prevalence among school children (9-18 years of age) in Novi Sad. Novi Sad: D. Jakovljevic.

³ Current habitual smoking among medical students at the University of Belgrade, average age 21 years (1989 is date of publication);
Vlajinac, H. et al. (1989). Cigarette smoking among medical students in Belgrade related to parental smoking habits. Soc Sci Med, 29(7), 891-894.

Deaths attributed to smoking ^*

Smoking- attributed deaths, all ages, 1955-1995 ^*





Number of deaths 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.

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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