SMOKING

I will give you a series of questions about smoking and you should consider the answers independently

QUESTION 1

• WHICH COUNTRY PER CAPITA, CONSUMES THE HIGHEST VOLUME OF CIGARETTES

NO. OF CIGS PER ADULT (YEARLY)

• Greece (2,995)
• Serbia (2,924)
• Bulgaria (2,822)
• Russia (2,786)
• Moldova (2,479)

EGYPT

• Egypt tabled 42 on this table
• The table shows how smoking is less prevalent in developed countries where as countries whom are still developing have seen a growth in smokers

Q2. What percentage of Egypt's population smokes?

ANSWER

• 20% of Egypt's population smokes
• An estimated 20 billion cigarettes are smoked every year, followed by Shisha pipes
• It is thought that the Egyptian population consider Shisha less harmful
• Research has shown a Shisha pipe is equivalent the 40 cigarettes

What percentage of smokers die?

ANSWER

• 50% - tobacco kills 5.2m people a year.
• Half of these deaths are smokers aged between 30-69

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