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U.S. TOBACCO STATISTICS INTERNATIONAL & DOMESTIC 1) GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE A) GLOBAL PRODUCTION OF LEAF TOBACCO (1995) [European Commission, 1996] North America 13.2% Central & South America 9.6% European Union 5.4% Eastern Europe & FSU 2.0% sub-Saharan Africa 6.1% Asia minus China 19.7% China 36.9% Middle East 4.2% Other Regions 2.9% TOTAL 100.0% B) CIGARETTE CONSUMPTION IN SELECT COUNTRIES [ERC Statistics International, 1990, 1992] Consumption Population per person over 18 Far East Japan 3150 125 S Korea 2200 47 Bruce- ) Taiwan 1700 20 China 1450 1210 India * 950 Philippines 1200 74 Item's some more Australia 1000 18 Thailand 750 60 Western Hemisphere tobacco statistics United States 2100 265 Canada 1650 29 Brazil 1050 163 Argentina 1000 35 we dog -P- Europe Greece 2800 11 Hungary 2450 10 Kong Poland 2350 39 Switzerland 2350 6 Spain 2000 42 Germany 1900 84 Czech & Slovakia 1850 10+2 Britain 1700 58 Italy 1700 58 France 1600 57 Israel 1600 5 Netherlands 1150 15 Algeria 800 30 Former Soviet Union 1600 303 * not available (hand rolled)