Press Release: World No Tobacco Day – Survey reveals drop in smokers in EU

The number of people smoking in the EU dropped from 33% in 2002 to 27% by Autumn 2005, and 80% of Europeans would like to see smoking banned in public places. These were two of the main findings of the European Commission’s latest Eurobarometer survey on tobacco, released to mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) on 31 May 2006. The European Commission was fully supporting WNTD by backing a wide range of anti-tobacco actions, including 25 national events of the HELP anti-tobacco campaign.

European Commission: Public Opinion: Special Eurobarometer 239: Attitudes of Europeans towards tobacco, January 2006 http://ec.europa.eu/comm/health/ph_information/documents/ebs_239_en.pdf

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