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One million French smokers quit in a year amid anti-smoking measures
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia May 28, 2018 10:19pm |
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| Category | Study |
| Author | BBC |
| News Date | Monday, May 28, 2018 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | France has seen a sharp fall in the number of people smoking daily, with one million fewer lighting up from 2016-2017, a survey suggests.
Such a drop has not been seen in a decade, according to Public Health France, which carried out the study.
There has also been a decline in smoking among teenagers and those on low incomes.
The study pointed to the slew of anti-smoking measures introduced to France as a likely reason for the decline.
Recent years have seen neutral packaging, reimbursements for people using tobacco substitutes, higher cigarette pricing and campaigns like the national tobacco-free month.
According the survey, in 2017 26.9% of 18- to 75-year-olds smoked every day, compared with 29.4% a year earlier. This amounts to a drop from 13.2 million smokers to 12.2 million over the period. |
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