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$200 MILLION SPENT ON CIGARETTES EVERY YEAR, SAYS SOCIOLOGIST
Aysor
May 31 2010
Armenia
28 percent of adults, in particular, 55% of men and 1-2% of women,
are smokers in Armenia, told media in the press conference on Monday
director of the Sociometer Center, Agaron Adibekian. He said that
nearly 37,5% of tobacco products are importing into Armenia, and
nearly 62,5% of tobacco is producing in Armenia, with total annual
turnover of $200 million.
"Tobacco makes people more tolerant of others; smoking can remove
social stresses. So when a person is told of stop smoking he should
first think of other recourses to compensate the lack of nicotine,"
said Agaron Adibekian pointing at the blunting effects of nicotine.
A survey was conducted in 1986-1987s that showed that 70% of the
3,000 cancer patients were smokers while 60% of all smokers were men
those years.
According to Adibekian, Armenia has low smoking rates among the CIS
countries; the largest number of smokers is in China - there are 300
million smokers there; number of smokers all around the world is more
than 2 billion people.
"If one spends $300 per year on cigarettes, then you just count
how much money people have been spending. That is the industry,"
said sociologist.
Agaron Adibekian presented the "no smoking" campaigns and events
that were held in the Armenian schools by the ADRA international
organisations (Adventist Development and Relief Agency). The students
were told of the danger of smoking and were instructed to watch the
parents to make sure that they didn't smoke.
It's worth mentioning that today marks the World No Tobacco Day
designed to increase awareness of the danger of smoking among people
and especially children and teenagers.
From: A. Papazian
Aysor
May 31 2010
Armenia
28 percent of adults, in particular, 55% of men and 1-2% of women,
are smokers in Armenia, told media in the press conference on Monday
director of the Sociometer Center, Agaron Adibekian. He said that
nearly 37,5% of tobacco products are importing into Armenia, and
nearly 62,5% of tobacco is producing in Armenia, with total annual
turnover of $200 million.
"Tobacco makes people more tolerant of others; smoking can remove
social stresses. So when a person is told of stop smoking he should
first think of other recourses to compensate the lack of nicotine,"
said Agaron Adibekian pointing at the blunting effects of nicotine.
A survey was conducted in 1986-1987s that showed that 70% of the
3,000 cancer patients were smokers while 60% of all smokers were men
those years.
According to Adibekian, Armenia has low smoking rates among the CIS
countries; the largest number of smokers is in China - there are 300
million smokers there; number of smokers all around the world is more
than 2 billion people.
"If one spends $300 per year on cigarettes, then you just count
how much money people have been spending. That is the industry,"
said sociologist.
Agaron Adibekian presented the "no smoking" campaigns and events
that were held in the Armenian schools by the ADRA international
organisations (Adventist Development and Relief Agency). The students
were told of the danger of smoking and were instructed to watch the
parents to make sure that they didn't smoke.
It's worth mentioning that today marks the World No Tobacco Day
designed to increase awareness of the danger of smoking among people
and especially children and teenagers.
From: A. Papazian