US EditionTobacco: 68,000 Deaths in France in 2023, a Still Important Burden for Public Health
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Despite a limited decline since 2015, smoking remains responsible for 68,021 premature deaths last year, mostly affecting the male population. Cancers are the leading cause of death associated with this addiction.
This figure, in slight decline, is mainly due to cancers, but also due to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases Tobacco killed more than 68,000 people in France in 2023, the majority of whom died in 2023.
This is less than in 2015, where 75,000 deaths were attributed to smoking, according to Public Health France.
Smoking continues to ravage France, although the figures show an encouraging trend.
Smoking continues to ravage France, although the figures show an encouraging trend. According to the latest estimates by Public Health France, 68,000 premature deaths were due to tobacco in 2023 compared to 75,000 in 2015. The trend is positive, but tobacco remains the leading cause of preventable mortality.
Smoking continues to ravage France, although the figures show an encouraging trend. According to the latest estimates by Public Health France, 68,000 premature deaths were due to tobacco in 2023 compared to 75,000 in 2015. The trend is positive, but tobacco remains the leading cause of preventable mortality.
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