Tobacco Man

This is not going to be the first, and last picture of a person smoking from Burma. It seemed like “everyone” did smoke, and especially pipes. Smoking pipes are not very common anymore in Norway, so it was a bit strange to see this behavior.

 

According to www.tobaccoatlas.org/country-data/myanmar/, Tobacco harms the health, the treasury, and the spirit of Myanmar. Every year more than 56400 of it's people are killed by tobacco-caused disease, while more than 152000 children and more than 7218000 adults continue to use tobacco each day. Complacency in the face of the tobacco epidemic will ensure the tobacco industry continues to run roughshod over the lives of Myanmar's citizens and ensure that tobacco's death toll will grow with each passing year. Tobacco control advocates must reach out to other communities to strengthen their efforts in this mortal fight.

 

Some hard facts from the same website:

Adult Smoking % using tobacco daily, 2013:

30.6% More men smoke in Myanmar than on average in low-income countries.

6.5% More women smoke in Myanmar than on average in low-income countries.

Children Smoking:

13% More boys smoke in Myanmar than on average in low-income countries.

0.5% Even though fewer girls smoke on average in Myanmar than on average in low-income countries, still 5600 girls still smoke cigarettes each day, the sign of an ongoing and dire public health threat.

Smokeless

29.6% More people use smokeless tobacco in Myanmar than on average in low-income countries.

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