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Tobacco section 3
TOBACCO
Tobacco consumption is the single largest cause of cancer in the world.
• Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the world.
• About six million people are killed each year from tobacco-related diseases: one every six
seconds.
• 600,000 victims of second-hand smoking.
• 8,000,000 a year is the number of victims expected by 2030.
• 700,000 victims each year only in the EU.
TOBACCO IN EUROPE
The most recent European survey on tobacco use (2012) carried out in the 27 Member States
of the European Union has provided the following outline on the prevalence of smoking.
In Europe:
• 28% are smokers;
• 21% are ex-smokers;
• 51% have never smoked.
The age group with the most smokers is 25 to 39 years (37% of respondents), the one with the
least is the over 55 age group (17%). One out of four youngsters between 15 and 24 years are
smokers (Figure 4).
(Source: Eurobarometer, 2012).
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