Greek Reporter — A study, led by Dr. Emmanuela Gakidou at the University of Washington in Seattle, shows that Greek women rank third in the world in daily smoking.
A study based on data from 195 countries and published in the “The Lancet,” shows that between 1990 and 2015 the percentage of daily male smokers worldwide fell from 35% to 25% while smoking for women dropped from 8% to 5.4%.
Greece is the third country in the world in proportion of female daily smokers (27%), as more than one in four Greek women smoke every day. Greenland comes first (44%) and Bulgaria (28%) second, while Montenegro follows Greece (26%) and so does Croatia (25%).
According to the study, most male daily smokers live in middle-level developing countries, while most female daily smokers live in developed countries. Age-wise, most daily smokers are 25-35 years old.
