CH: 9500 Deaths per Year: Why Smoking Remains One of the Biggest Health Risks

DMZ – HEALTH ¦ MM ¦ AA ¦ Smoking is more than an individual vice – it is a social problem with serious health and economic consequences. In Switzerland, about 9500 people die each year from the direct or indirect consequences of tobacco consumption – which corresponds to 26 deaths per day. Thus, smoking remains the greatest preventable health risk in the population. An underestimated risk Despite decades of educational campaigns, many people sti…