EGYPT EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION
Population (millions) Real GDP per capita (PPP), US Dollars
1995 2000 2025 2050 1975 1098
All adults, ages 15+ 38.234 43.880 71.906 90.928 1980 1563
Female adults 18.981 21.795 35.811 45.787 1985 2064
1990 2604
All youth, ages 0-14 23.757 24.004 22.871 22.912
1995 2788
Female youth 11.580 11.726 11.198 11.183
2000 3273
Source: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects 1950-2050 (2000 revision)
Source: World Health Report 2002
SMOKING PREVALENCE
Adult (15 Years & Older), 2000 Youth, 2001 Health Professionals
Males 40 Males 22.8 Physicians 34.4
Females 18 Females 15.8 Nurses <2.0
Overall 29.1 Overall 19.6
Adult: Smokers; ERC Statistics International. (2001). The World Cigarette Market. Suffolk, Great Britain.
Youth: Currently use any tobacco product, students in 1st-3rd prep and 1st and 2nd secondary (mostly 13-15 year olds); Global Youth Tobacco Survey Collaborative Group. (2002). Egypt
GYTS Fact Sheet. Available at URL: http://www.cdc.gov/Tobacco/global/gyts/GYTS_factsheets.htm.
Health professional: (Physicians) Current smoking among male physicians in Ismailia (survey year unknown); Riskalla, Awad and Mishriki. (1993). Cigarette smoking among male
physicians in Ismailia City. Medical Journal of Cairo University 61(2): 113-118. (Nurses) National estimate for nurses (100% female) provided by Dr. Fatma Hassan of Suez Canal
University. (January 15, 2000).
TOBACCO ECONOMY
Annual per capita Consumption, Three Year Moving Average, 1970 = 100 Annual Cigarette Consumption
Per capita Consumption Total Consumption
Year (cigarette sticks) (millions of cigarette sticks)
Level of
cigarette 1970 581 12027
consumption 190 181 178 1980 1387 36704
compared 1990 1180 39854
100
to 1970 1995 1110 42436
2000 1208 53000
1970 1980 1990 2000
Annual Tobacco Trade and Agriculture Statistics
Unit of Measurement 1970 1980 1990 1995 2000
Cigarette imports sticks in millions 49 1156 138 11 0
Cigarette exports sticks in millions 175 22 121 44 –
Tobacco leaf imports metric tons 13941 24694 48491 48286 60505
Tobacco leaf exports (% of total exports) metric tons (%) – (–) – (–) 102 (0.01%) – (–) 1 (0.00%)
Cigarette production sticks in millions 12153 35570 39837 42469 53000
Tobacco leaf production metric tons – – – – –
Land devoted to tobacco growing (% of agricultural land) hectares (%) – (–) – (–) – (–) – (–) – (–)
Employment in tobacco manufacturing people 13100 15800 17500 18258 –
Retail Price of 20 Cigarettes with Tax Market Share by Cigarette Manufacturer, 2001
Type US $ Local
Domestic brand $1.19 5.50
Egyptian Tobacco
Foreign brand $1.19 5.50
Monopoly
Source: EIU, September 2002 85.9% PM
11.4%
Cigarette Taxes and Duties
Sales tax 0.925-1.37 LCU/20 cigs
Import duties 85% of CIF value (min 100 LCU/kg) RO
Other import duties 2-3% 0.1%
Source: TMA
Source: Maxwell Report
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SMOKING-RELATED DISEASE IMPACT
Mortality from Cancer, Respiratory and Circulatory Disease, 2000
Numbers of deaths/World age-standardized mortality rate per 100,000 population
Male Female Male Female
Disease Number Rate Number Rate Ages Disease Number Rate Number Rate Ages
Trachea, lung, and Ischemic heart disease 5280 93.1 3833 60.9 35+
bronchus cancer 904 14.5 348 4.8 35+ Stroke 13563 253.1 12828 207.9 35+
Lip, oral cavity, and Other diseases of the
pharynx cancer 124 2.0 87 1.1 35+ circulatory system 30613 542.6 25199 398.6 35+
Respiratory disease 2720 50.4 2061 32.9 35+ All causes 317812 5665.4 266126 4227.8 35+
Source: World Health Organization. (2003). WHO Mortality Database. Geneva: WHO.
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TOBACCO CONTROL
National Tobacco Control Provisions
Tobacco Bans Not Tobacco Requirements Not
and Restrictions Banned Restricted Regulated Unknown and Regulations Required Regulated Regulated Unknown
Advertising in certain media X Advertising health warnings/
messages X
Advertising to certain audiences X
Age verification for sales X
Advertising in certain locations X
Manufacturing licensure X
Advertisement content or design X
Package health warning/
Sponsorship or promotion for
message X
certain audiences X
Label design on packaging X
Sponsorship advertising of events X
Ingredient/constituent
Brand stretching X
information on package label X
Sales to minors X
Amount of tar X
Sales by minors X
Amount of nicotine X
Place of sales X
Amount of other ingredients/
Vending machines X constituents X
Free products X Product constituents as
confidential information X
Single cigarette sales X
Product constituents as
Misleading information on
public information X
packaging X
Constituent disclosure by brand X
Smoking in government
buildings (incl. worksites) X Constituent disclosure in the
aggregate X
Smoking in private worksites X
Smoking in educational facilities X
Smoking in health care facilities X Other Provisions Yes No Unknown
Smoking on buses X National tobacco control
committee X
Smoking on trains X
Tobacco control education/
Smoking in taxis X
promotion X
Smoking on ferries X
Anti-smuggling provisions X
Smoking on domestic air flights X
Litigation enabling provisions X
Smoking on international
air flights X
Smoking in restaurants X
Smoking in nightclubs and bars X
Smoking in other public places X
Refer to Appendix B for more information about national tobacco control provisions.
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