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[Faustino]

The stats are a little old but take a look...

Tobacco consumption

Annual adult per capita consumption of cigarettes has declined slightly since the late 1970, and appeared to average around 2,100 in the early 1990s. However, these figures may actually be underestimated, as it was estimated that in the early 1990s, over 2,000 tonnes of illegally imported cigarettes found their way into the domestic market each year.

Consumption of Manufactured Cigarettes

Annual average per adult (15+)
1970-72 1,950
1980-82 2,250
1990-92 2,100



Tar/Nicotine/Filters

In 1994, 92% of the cigarettes manufactured in Turkey were filter-tipped. It was reported that in the early 1990s, locally produced cigarettes ranged in tar content from 11.8 mg to 29.3 mg. Nicotine yields ranged from 0.76 mg to 1.45 mg. However, imported brands had, on average, lower levels of tar and nicotine.

Prevalence

A national survey undertaken in 1988 reported that the overall prevalence of smoking among adults (age 15+) was 43.0% (63% M; 24% F). According to a 1993 survey (details unknown) smoking prevalence among males was 58% and was 13% among females.

Tobacco use among population sub-groups Data indicate that in 1990, 48.0% of physicians smoked. A 1991 survey among students found that 27.9% of males and 10.2% of females were smokers. A 1988 survey among teachers showed a smoking prevalence of 42.0%.

Age Patterns

According to 1986 surveys among students, smoking prevalence among 10-14 year olds was 7% for boys and 2% for girls. Among 15-19 year old students, 31% of males and 5% of females smoked. A 1991 survey among university students aged 20-24 years found that 47% of females and 31% of males in that group smoked.

Tobacco control measures

Control on Tobacco Products Advertising of tobacco products is banned on radio and television, as well as in government buildings. However, it is permitted in print media. The following health warning must appear on all domestic and imported cigarette packets: "Tobacco is damaging to health". In 1991, (after the breakup of the Turkish tobacco monopoly), the Turkish Government increased prices on all tobacco products by 20-33%.

Protection for non-smokers

Smoking is prohibited in schools and hospitals under ministerial decrees, but implementation is regarded as inadequate. Since 1988, smoking has been banned on domestic flights, and there is a designated non-smoking section on international flights. Smoking has been prohibited in around 70% of the available capacity in certain trains and interprovincial buses. A draft bill which would prohibit smoking in public places, offices, music halls, and transportation was under consideration as of December 1995.

Health education

The first major campaign to encourage non-smoking was implemented in 1988 by the Ministry of Health. The Turkish Medical Association has been prominent in activities related to non-smoking. A coordination Committee on Smoking has provided a forum for cooperation among different groups including the Ministry of Health and other relevant Ministries, the Turkish Medical Association, local authorities, the associations against smoking, and Turkish universities. A series of spot-advertisements have been produced and diffused through the various national and private television channels. World No-Tobacco Day is celebrated annually in Turkey, usually with distribution of materials and involvement of the media. Analysis of a major survey on knowledge, attitudes and behaviour in relation to tobacco, alcohol and drugs has been carried out among 15,000 teenage students, and the results were being analysed in 1995.

Source: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/who/turkey.htm

[Faustino]

Overall Stats and Youth Smoking Facts

Worldwide, between 80,000 and 100,000 kids start smoking every day. Approximately one quarter of children alive will die from smoking.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has compiled worldwide smoking statistics for the year 2002. The smoking facts and stats presented are sobering. A portion of the report appears below.

28 May 2002
GLOBAL SMOKING STATISTICS
About a third of the male adult global population smokes.
Smoking related-diseases kill one in 10 adults globally, or cause four million deaths. By 2030, if current trends continue, smoking will kill one in six people.
Every eight seconds, someone dies from tobacco use.
Smoking is on the rise in the developing world but falling in developed nations. Among Americans, smoking rates shrunk by nearly half in three decades (from the mid-1960s to mid-1990s), falling to 23% of adults by 1997. In the developing world, tobacco consumption is rising by 3.4% per year.
About 15 billion cigarettes are sold daily - or 10 million every minute.
About 12 times more British people have died from smoking than from World War II.
Cigarettes cause more than one in five American deaths.
Among WHO Regions, the Western Pacific Region - which covers East Asia and the Pacific - has the highest smoking rate, with nearly two-thirds of men smoking.
About one in three cigarettes are consumed in the Western Pacific Region.
The tobacco market is controlled by just a few corporations - namely American, British and Japanese multinational conglomerates.

Youth

Among young teens (aged 13 to 15), about one in five smokes worldwide.
Between 80,000 and 100,000 children worldwide start smoking every day - roughly half of whom live in Asia.
Evidence shows that around 50% of those who start smoking in adolescent years go on to smoke for 15 to 20 years.
Peer-reviewed studies show teenagers are heavily influenced by tobacco advertising.
About a quarter of youth alive in the Western Pacific Region will die from smoking.

[ghost]

If those stats. don't discourage people from smoking then there is not much you can do.

One assumes that Turkey falls into the category of "developing nations" where smoking is on the rise?

In any case, teachers who are non-smokers in Turkey should not have to put up with the noxious atmosphere so prevalent in most locales - including teacher lounges and the like.

In some schools - for example, one part of the teacher lounge is designated "smoking" and the other part "non-smoking." Exposure to second hand smoke still takes place.

[gelin]

Do you honestly believe that all your harping will cause a major change in Turkey? Do you ever tire of berrating the entire nation from all sides? I'm tired of reading your endless ragging. Get a life.

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[ghost]

[Faustino]

[quote="gelin"]Do you honestly believe that all your harping will cause a major change in Turkey? Do you ever tire of berrating the entire nation from all sides? I'm tired of reading your endless ragging. Get a life.[/quote]

I don't think Ghost was berrating the nation so much as the fools in it who pollute their bodies and knowingly closen their own deaths with this ridiculous habit. Furthermore, if you don't like reading Ghost's postings, go and do sth else, like smoke a cigarette or 20.