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							Smokers by gender
%
Females
            N           O          smoker
geo\smoking on-smoker ccasional Daily smoker
Belgium           76.4        3.5      20.1
Bulgaria          70.3          7      22.7
Czech Republic 75.7           5.6      18.7
Denmark           65.4        2.8      31.9
Germany           72.1        5.9         22
Estonia           79.8        1.6      18.6
Ireland           74.8        4.7      20.5
Greece            78.8        5.6      15.6
Spain             75.3        2.3      22.4
France            78.8           :     21.2
Italy             82.4           :     17.6
Cyprus            86.8        2.8      10.5
Latvia            77.4        5.6         17
Lithuania         74.5      12.2       13.3
Luxembourg            :          :          :
Hungary           72.1        3.2      24.7
Malta             79.3        3.1      17.6
Netherlands       70.5        4.6      24.9
Austria           59.3        8.5      32.2
Poland            75.4        5.1      19.5
Portugal          91.8        1.4        6.8
Romania           82.5        7.4      10.1
Slovenia          65.6      10.6       23.8
Slovakia          78.8        9.5      11.7
Finland           80.3        4.6      15.1
Sweden            72.8        8.7      18.5
United Kingdom 74.3              :     25.7
Iceland           64.6        9.8      25.7
Norway            63.4        9.8      26.7
Switzerland       74.5        2.3      23.1
Montenegro            :          :          :
Croatia               :          :          :
                      :          :
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the  :
Turkey                :          :          :
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Last update:16.12.2011
            18 Dec
Date of extraction: 2011 15:32:42 MET
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            Tobacco
Short Description: use remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease in our society. It is a major risk factor for
Code:       tps00169
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ur society. It is a major risk factor for diseases of the heart and blood vessels, chronic bronchitis and emphysema, cancers of the lung and ot
physema, cancers of the lung and other diseases. The indicator is defined as the number of current tobacco smokers among the population
acco smokers among the population, expressed as a percentage of population. A person is a present smoker if he/she declares smoking tob
moker if he/she declares smoking tobacco daily or occasionally. The data come from non-harmonised national Health Interview Surveys (HIS
ational Health Interview Surveys (HIS) and the countries were asked to post-harmonise the data according to guidelines issued by Eurostat.
ng to guidelines issued by Eurostat. The HIS data were collected in different years (between 1996 and 2003) depending on the country.
2003) depending on the country.