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Cambodians spend $70 million in cigarettes per year
05 May 2007
By Kessor Ranya Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
A group of medical experts from the Cambodian Ministry of Health and the World health Organization (WHO) in Cambodia said that Cambodians are spending upward of $70 million per year on cigarettes and tobacco.
Dr Yil Daravuth, an official of the Ministry of Health and who is in charge of the program “the start of no cigarette smoke,” gave details on this huge expense: “According to research by the National Statistics Institute in cooperation with the Khmer Lady organization, it was found that, in average, Cambodians spend 14,000 riels (~$3.50) per month to buy cigarettes. For the entire population of 13 million, in total, each year, our people are burning $70 million in money on cigarettes and tobacco…”
Dr Yil Daravuth added that in addition to the loss of several millions in fund uselessly, cigarettes and tobacco are also the sources of several illnesses, such as high blood pressure, heart ailments, lung diseases, and stokes.
Dr Sung Vinatak, director of the “tobacco or health” program of the health improvement department of the Ministry of Health, provided detail on the negative impact of tobacco chewing on health: tobacco is one cause of the short life span.
Dr Sung Vinatak said: “If a person smokes more than one pack of cigarettes per day, for a period of 5 to 10 years, that person will shorten his/her lifespan by 10 to 20 years. If a person smokes and lives until 80 or 90-year-old, without smoking, that person would live even longer than that. In general, it has been shown that cigarette smoking shortens lifespan.”
Dr Yil Daravuth indicated that the current rate of smokers in Cambodia is 28%, one of the highest rates in the world. “The statistics show that 54% of men and 6% of women over 20-year-old are smokers, 11% of children between the age of 13 to 15 are smoking. In total, the rate of smokers is 28%, i.e. 2.6 million of our population are smokers, this is a very large number for Cambodia.”
According to statistics by the WHO and the Ministry of Health, about 6,000 Cambodians die from smoking each year.
Dr Yil Daravuth, an official of the Ministry of Health and who is in charge of the program “the start of no cigarette smoke,” gave details on this huge expense: “According to research by the National Statistics Institute in cooperation with the Khmer Lady organization, it was found that, in average, Cambodians spend 14,000 riels (~$3.50) per month to buy cigarettes. For the entire population of 13 million, in total, each year, our people are burning $70 million in money on cigarettes and tobacco…”
Dr Yil Daravuth added that in addition to the loss of several millions in fund uselessly, cigarettes and tobacco are also the sources of several illnesses, such as high blood pressure, heart ailments, lung diseases, and stokes.
Dr Sung Vinatak, director of the “tobacco or health” program of the health improvement department of the Ministry of Health, provided detail on the negative impact of tobacco chewing on health: tobacco is one cause of the short life span.
Dr Sung Vinatak said: “If a person smokes more than one pack of cigarettes per day, for a period of 5 to 10 years, that person will shorten his/her lifespan by 10 to 20 years. If a person smokes and lives until 80 or 90-year-old, without smoking, that person would live even longer than that. In general, it has been shown that cigarette smoking shortens lifespan.”
Dr Yil Daravuth indicated that the current rate of smokers in Cambodia is 28%, one of the highest rates in the world. “The statistics show that 54% of men and 6% of women over 20-year-old are smokers, 11% of children between the age of 13 to 15 are smoking. In total, the rate of smokers is 28%, i.e. 2.6 million of our population are smokers, this is a very large number for Cambodia.”
According to statistics by the WHO and the Ministry of Health, about 6,000 Cambodians die from smoking each year.
13 comments:
Oh good, that should keep the
people calm, especially our PM.
I hope we don't run out of tobacco.
Futhermore, the government should
started a tobacco reservation
program, just in case of drout
year emergency.
Ah Samdech 100% fake Hun Khviv Zen will die soon by his fucking chain smoking. Look at the picture, is this a good role model for us?
who care SAMDECH HUN SEN can smoke whenever or whatever he want,after all he's the PRIME MINISTER remember.So, shut your mouth up.
Somdach looks soooo cool in the
picture.
Watch YouTube "Sihanouk & Vietcong"
Cambodian are being forced by thread and intimidation to accept a person like Hun Sen to be their Leaders. All of those so called accademic themselve should be shamed to work for this man as Cambodian has no choice to choose him. Areak Prey
Nope, you got us mixed up with GW
Bush.
THis animal Hun Sen look like wild dog !!!
And GW Bush just loves PM Hun Sen.
Have you even wondered why?
Whoever still supported Ah Khvack See Pee Pee, let me tell you something: Fuck you all and Go to hell with Ah Samdech fake KR
Definitely, PM Hun Sen should be
a movie start. He looks much better
than the terminator man (govern of
California).
Any fool who are standing next to this AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave will die because second smoke can kill!!!!!!!!!!!!ahahhahhahhah
Is that what you stupid blue-eyed
professor told you?
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