Sigara

Sigara ni kitu cha kuvuta moshi kinachojenga uraibu. Kinatengenezwa kwa tumbaku na kusokotwa kwa karatasi maalumu, chenye umbo refu na la mviringo.

Sigara zinasababisha madhara makubwa katika mwili wa binadamu: mara nyingi hudhuru mapafu na mfumo mzima wa upumuaji.

Sigara za kisasa za viwandani zimechujwa, na pia zinajumuisha tumbaku iliyoandaliwa.

+ Uvutaji wa sigara kea eneo na jinsia (2000) Asilimia ya wavutaji Eneo Wanaume Wanawake Afrika  29%  4% Amerika  35%  22% Mediterania Mashariki  35%  4% Ulaya  46%  26% Asia ya Kusini Mashariki  44%  4% Pasifiki ya Magharibi  60%  8%
Source: World Health Organization estimates, 2000

+ Nchi zinazoongoza kwa uvutaji sigara (1998)Cigarette numbers from WHO , population from: China: China Population Information and Research Center (estimate?), USA: US Census estimate , Japan: National Statistics Center intercensal estimate , Russia: Population Reference Bureau  , Indonesia: average of 1995 and 2000 figures from Statistics Indonesia , all accessed on 2 August 2008. Per capita consumption given to 3 significant figures. Nchi  Idadi ya wakazi(milioni)  Sigara zilizovutwa(bilioni)  Sigara zilizovutwa(kwa mtu) Uchina  1,248  1,643  1,320 Marekani  270  451  1,670 Japani  126  328  2,600 Urusi  146  258  1,760 Indonesia  200  215  1,070

Tazama pia
 Kupatwa na moshi wa sigara za wengine

Tanbihi

 Viungo vya nje 

 Kuhusu uvutaji sigara na afya 
 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 
 Bibliography on History of Cigarette Smoking 

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