The percentage of smokers and the annual cigarette consumption in Greece recorded a steady, notable and impressive decline in recent years, the National Coordinating Committee Against Smoking announced in a press conference on Wednesday. This marks the occasion of the World No Tobacco Day celebrated on May 31st.
Speaking about the implementation of the anti-smoking legislation in the country, as ANA reports, Deputy Health Minister Michalis Timossidis underlined the problems faced in the research conducted. According to figures concerning the past four years, rates of smoking had fallen by 10.8% in that time, while more careful examination showed that the largest reduction in smoking rates was in younger age groups. There was also a 6.3% reduction in annual tobacco consumption in Greece after 2007, with the total number of cigarettes bought throughout the country falling from 3.1 billion in 2007, to 2.48 billion at present. The reduction in cigarettes consumed during the last year was nearly 15%.
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