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.
Canada: Polluter pays – tobacco industry required to reimburse annual costs
in government’s national tobacco control strategy
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Rob Cunningham In Canada, national regulations have been adopted requiring
tobacco companies to reimburse to the Canadian government the annual costs
of ...
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