LivinginPeru.com
Isabel Guerra

Every year 10,000 Peruvians die due to smoking tobacco, said to RadioProgramas del Peru (RPP) Alberto Saavedra, a member of the International Association of Medicine for Addictions.
According to him, over 80% of smokers in Peru began the habit during adolescence, at the age of 13 and 14 on average.
Regarding to the child population, 11% confirmed they had smoked a cigarette or more before age 10.
Saavedra also stressed that the country's male population addicted to cigarettes amounts to 577,000, while while women amount to 238,000.
He also mentioned that smoking causes 90% of lung cancer cases, 80% of larynx cancer cases and 76% of the esophageal cancer cases.
For his part, Dr. Alberto Matsuno, president of the Peruvian Society of Neumology, proposed as a solution to raise taxes on tobacco and other more drastic measures, since separate non-smoking rooms do not really protect people.
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