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Tobacco Burden Facts Thailand 2009

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    TOBACCO CONSUMPTION

    Tobacco use is is decreasing in Thailand.

    • Approximately 27% of the population (age 15+) use some form of tobacco (male 46%, female 9%).1
    • Among youth (age 13-15), 12% smoke cigarettes (boys 17%, girls 5%).2
    • Almost 8% of youth (age 13-15) use tobacco products other than cigarettes (boys 10%, girls 5%).3
    • In 2008, over 38 billion cigarettes were sold in Thailand.4

    HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
    Tobacco use is deadly. Smoking kills up to half of all lifetime users.5

    • In 2006, it was estimated that there were close to 55,000 tobaccorelated deaths in Thailand.6
    • 68% of youth (age 13-15) are exposed to secondhand smoke in public places and 49% are exposed to secondhand smoke in their homes.7
    • Nearly 27% of workers are exposed to secondhand smoke at the workplace. 39% of adults are exposed to secondhand smoke in their homes.8

    COSTS TO SOCIETY

    Tobacco exacts a high cost on society.

    • In 2006, direct healthcare costs due to 3 tobacco-related diseases (lung cancer, COPD, and coronary heart disease) cost an estimated 9.86 billion baht (240 million USD)—0.48% of GDP.9
    • Low income families spend 13.6% (5 times more than high income families) of their annual income on tobacco products, money that could be used for food, clothing and education.10
    • Smoking incurs productivity losses from worker absenteeism and premature deaths, as well as costs associated with fire damage and damage to the environment from the manufacturing and packaging of tobacco products.

    http://global.tobaccofreekids.org/files/pdfs/en/Thailand_tob_burden_en.pdf

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