Eastern Tobacco, in which the government owns the majority 55 percent stake, has long held a legal monopoly on cigarette production in Egypt, allowing it to achieve major profits for state coffers. The company’s net profits have grown significantly in recent years, rising from LE908 million in 2014 to more than LE4 billion in 2018.

17.3% من إجمالي السُكان (15 سنة فأكثر) مدخـنون وهو ما يمثل 11.1 مليون نسمة وفقاً لتقديرات السكان لعام 2018 .

ولفت إليّ أنه يتعرض نحو 30 مليون فرد للتدخين السلبي بسبب وجود فرد مدخن أو أكثر داخل الأسر

"Because it attacks the lungs, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 could be an especially serious threat to those who smoke tobacco or marijuana or who vape. People with opioid use disorder (OUD) and methamphetamine use disorder may also be vulnerable due to those drugs’ effects on respiratory and pulmonary health. Additionally, individuals with a substance use disorder are more likely to experience homelessness or incarceration than those in the general population, and these circumstances pose unique challenges regarding transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19."

"The hazard to health arising from long-term vapour inhalation from the e-cigarettes available today is unlikely to exceed 5% of the harm from smoking tobacco."

"It became clear that it was not nicotine vaping that was implicated. Details were slow to emerge because the substances involved were in fact cartridges containing cannabis (primarily tetrahydrocannabinol or THC). These were often obtained on the illicit market, and in some cases being used by children. This meant users were reluctant to admit what they had vaped.

Smoking culture maintains prices. If fewer people smoke EC will try to recover losses by increasing the price of cigarettes.

"E-cigarettes were invented by business, not medicine. But as more smokers make the switch, some health experts believe we’ve finally hit on something that could stub out smoking for good."

"The most updated prevalence of tobacco smoking in Egypt is 22% in 2010 and is increasing. Highly significant odds ratios were reported for sibling, parent, and peer smoking as risk factors for smoking."

Cigarette consumption estimates for 71 countries from 1970 to 2015

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I hope they add more toxic rubbish to cigarettes. Tobacco companies add chemicals to suppress appetite. http://is.gd/ESlnKo

The notorious picture of a hospital patient that was recently placed on all cigarette packs has not affected the number of smokers, nor cigarette sales in Egypt, a study by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed.

both light cigarettes and regular cigarettes impair blood flow through the coronary arteries to a similar degree. They add that many smokers switch to low tar, low nicotine cigarettes in the mistaken belief that they will reduce some of the hazardous effects of smoking

The two take-home messages are that very little nicotine is needed to occupy a substantial portion of brain nicotine receptors," Brody said, "and cigarettes with less nicotine than regular cigarettes, such as 'light' cigarettes, still occupy most brain nicotine receptors. Thus, low-nicotine cigarettes function almost the same as regular cigarettes in terms of brain nicotine-receptor occupancy.

Review of the Pharmacology and Clinical Profile of Bupropion, an Antidepressant and Tobacco Use Cessation Agent

largest study on shisha use in Egypt

One shisha is equivalent of a pack of cigarettes in one typical 30-60 minute session with a waterpipe