Brussels, 05/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - An epidemiological study, led by Professor Witold Zatonski (Institute of Oncology, Warsaw), and supported by the Community public health programme, highlights the gap which still separates the old EU member states from the new, in terms of life expectancy. In the new member states, just as in the old, the main causes of death are cardio-vascular disease and cancer, but the levels of alcohol consumption and smoking, generally higher than the European...