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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
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