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Tobacco and Public Health - TCSC Indonesia

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DEATHS / 100,000<br />

DEATHS / 100,000<br />

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6<br />

5<br />

4<br />

3<br />

2<br />

1<br />

FEMALES, AGE 20–44<br />

Smoking among children <strong>and</strong> youth<br />

DEATHS / 100,000<br />

FEMALES, AGE 45–64<br />

WITOLD ZATOŃSKI 245<br />

0<br />

1959 1964 1969 1974 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999<br />

0<br />

1959 1964 1969 1974 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999<br />

YEAR<br />

YEAR<br />

250<br />

200<br />

150<br />

100<br />

50<br />

POLAND UK USA HUNGARY POLAND UK USA HUNGARY<br />

FEMALES, AGE 65 AND OVER<br />

0<br />

1959 1964 1969 1974 1979<br />

YEAR<br />

1984 1989 1994 1999<br />

DEATHS / 100,000<br />

In paternalistic <strong>and</strong> conservative societies of eastern Europe, cigarette smoking was<br />

strongly forbidden among children, particularly girls. Estimates based on the fragmentary<br />

data available indicate that in the early 1980s about 25% of 15-year-old boys <strong>and</strong><br />

less than 10% of girls smoked cigarettes at least once a week, which was much less than<br />

in western Europe (Zatoński <strong>and</strong> Przewo´zniak 1992).<br />

However, there was also another social norm. Entering adulthood on the eighteenth<br />

birthday meant acquiring the right to smoke officially, also at school. Consequently,<br />

smoking rates rose abruptly among 18-year-olds <strong>and</strong> later. With every recruit given<br />

70<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

30<br />

25<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

FEMALES, ALL AGE GROUPS<br />

0<br />

1959 1964 1969 1974 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999<br />

YEAR<br />

POLAND UK USA HUNGARY POLAND UK USA HUNGARY<br />

Fig.13.4 Mortality trends from lung cancer, selected countries 1959–1999.

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