US EditionNumber of French daily smokers falls to 18.2% of adult population
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In its latest barometer, Public Health France announces that Hexagon has 4 million fewer smokers in 10 years. The rise in prices really has an effect on consumption. However, there are disparities between regions. - 4 million fewer smokers in 10 years: figures decrease... but not everywhere (Health and well-being).
Smoking began to decline again in 2024, with a trend interrupted by the Covid-19 crisis, but social inequalities remain.
Number of French daily smokers falls to 18.2% of adult population
PARIS — France was once considered a nation of smokers but now people are increasingly turning away from cigarettes. Since the launch of the first national programme to reduce tobacco consumption in 2014, the proportion of daily smokers among 18 to 75-year-olds has dropped from 28.6% to 18.2% in 2024, health authorities in Paris said on Wednesday. The decline is attributed to higher tobacco prices, the expansion of smoke-free zones, reimbursemen…
The country regained its level of smoking prevalence prior to the Covid-19 crisis, but social and territorial disparities remain marked, according to data released by Public Health France on Wednesday.
25% of people between the ages of 18 and 75 reported smoking in 2024, according to Public Health France. A decreasing level already reached before the Covid years, when the phenomenon had resumed to rise.
A study by Public Health France, published this Wednesday, October 15, reveals that 4 million French people quit smoking daily between 2014 and 2024. Three regions smoke more than others, including Occitanie.
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