In conformity with 2002 edition of World Tobacco Atlas published by the WHO, in the region of the Caribbean Sea and Central America, every year local smokers consume from 500 to 1,200 cigarettes each. Although the smoking rates among men tend to drop in recent years, this decline is very slow-going.
Moreover, generally, more educated men from the Caribbean countries do not smoke or have quit lighting up, being aware of all the negative health consequences related to smoking. Therefore, smoking is more likely to be widespread among the non-educated lower- income men.
Why is Philip Morris International, But Not Anti-Tobacco Groups, Urging
Smokers to Quit by Switching to Much Safer Products
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Taylor Millard has written a very nice piece at *Inside Sources* which
reports the results of a new survey showing that a tragically low
percentage of ph...
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