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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9202

1 June 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/tobacco
Number of people smoking in the EU drops

Brussels, 31/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - World No Tobacco Day on 31 May provided some good news: the number of people smoking in the EU has dropped from 33% in 2002 to 27% by Autumn 2005, and 80% of Europeans would like to see smoking banned in public places. These are two of the main findings of the European Commission's latest Eurobarometer survey on tobacco.

In a press release the European Commission is fully supporting WNTD by backing a wide range of anti-tobacco actions, including 25...

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