55% OF MALES OVER 15 AND 27% OF GENERAL POPULATION SMOKE IN ARMENIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
05.02.2010 14:27 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 55 per cent of males over 15 and 27 per cent of
general population smoke in Armenia, the consumption of tobacco
remaining high in the country, RA Deputy Minister of Health Tatul
Hakobyan said.
According to him, 28 per cent of population smoke in Georgia, 18
per cent in Azerbaijan, 33 per cent in Turkey, 27 per cent in the EU
countries and 32 per cent in the CIS.
"Propaganda is an inefficient method. The most effective way to combat
smoking is to hike the prices for tobacco products," Tatul Hakobyan
told a press conference on February 5.
"The high level of tobacco consumption entails cardiovascular diseases
and lung cancer," he said. "The level of alcohol consumption in Armenia
is rather low. In our country, a person annually consumes 1.4 liters
of alcoholic drinks. The figure is similar in Georgia and Turkey,
while 4.3 liters of alcohol is consumed by a person on average in
Azerbaijan. In the EU countries, this figure is much higher and
reaches 11.4 liters."