International Smoking Statistics A Collection of Historical Data from 30 Economically Developed Countries

by Forey, Barbara; Hamling, Jan; Lee, Peter; Wald, Nicholas

• ISBN13: 9780198508564
• ISBN10: 0198508565
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-02
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

International smoking statistics, Second Edition presents a valuablecollection of smoking data relating to 30 economically developed countries.Annual data on the national sales of all types of tobacco products are presentedfor the years up to 1995, with over 100 years of data available for somecountries. Building on the first edition, the new edition extends thegeographical coverage as well as documenting the transition to filter and lowertar cigarettes.Up to 50 years of data are presented on the sex- and age-specific prevalence ofsmoking and amount smoked. National data are shown when available. Many of thegaps are filled using relevant data from regional and epidemiological studies.With its wide international coverage and the time period considered, this bookis an especially valuable source of reference for anyone interested in studyinglong term trends in smoking and smoking-related mortality in different countriesthroughout the world.Comprehensive and authoritative, International smoking statistics, SecondEdition, will greatly facilitate research into smoking, whether from aneconomic, social or health perspective.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	x
List of Figures	xxv
Methods	xxxi
Countries considered	xxxi
Main sources of data	xxxi
Sales data	xxxii
Consumption of tobacco products	xxxii
Survey data	xxxiii
Prevalence of smoking and cigarette consumption per smoker	xxxiii
Consumption category estimation	xxxiv
Additional survey-based data	xxxv
Cigarette consumption per person	xxxv
Adjustment for understatement	xxxv
Summary of adult smoking	xxxvi
Population	xxxvii
Abbreviations	xxxvii
References	xxxvii
Comparisons between countries	xxxix
Australia	1	(28)
Austria	29	(18)
Belgium	47	(24)
Bulgaria	71	(10)
Canada	81	(30)
Czechoslovakia	111	(24)
Denmark	135	(34)
Finland	169	(30)
France	199	(32)
Germany	231	(48)
Greece	279	(20)
Hungary	299	(18)
Iceland	317	(16)
Ireland	333	(24)
Israel	357	(18)
Italy	375	(28)
Japan	403	(28)
Netherlands	431	(28)
New Zealand	459	(20)
Norway	479	(32)
Poland	511	(24)
Portugal	535	(20)
Romania	555	(18)
Spain	573	(22)
Sweden	595	(30)
Switzerland	625	(22)
UK	647	(42)
USA	689	(34)
USSR	723	(36)
Yugoslavia	759	(20)
Appendix I Estimated size of adult population	779	(6)
Appendix II Comparisons of manufactured and hand-rolled cigarettes and differences in the way they are smoked	785	(4)
Appendix III Consumption category estimation	789	(2)
Appendix IV Estimation of prevalence of smoking by standardized age groups	791	(8)
Appendix V Estimating past smoking habits by an indirect method, with application to Great Britain	799