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Tobacco section 3<br />

TOBACCO<br />

Tobacco consumption is the single largest cause of cancer in the world.<br />

• Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the world.<br />

• About six million people are killed each year from tobacco-related diseases: one every six<br />

seconds.<br />

• 600,000 victims of second-hand smoking.<br />

• 8,000,000 a year is the number of victims expected by 2030.<br />

• 700,000 victims each year only in the EU.<br />

TOBACCO IN EUROPE<br />

The most recent European survey on tobacco use (2012) carried out in the 27 Member States<br />

of the European Union has provided the following outline on the prevalence of smoking.<br />

In Europe:<br />

• 28% are smokers;<br />

• 21% are ex-smokers;<br />

• 51% have never smoked.<br />

The age group with the most smokers is 25 to 39 years (37% of respondents), the one with the<br />

least is the over 55 age group (<strong>17</strong>%). One out of four youngsters between 15 and 24 years are<br />

smokers (Figure 4).<br />

(Source: Eurobarometer, 2012).<br />

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