{"id":16604,"date":"2012-08-03T10:53:34","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T08:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16604"},"modified":"2012-08-03T10:53:34","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T08:53:34","slug":"cypriots-still-heaviest-smokers-in-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/03\/cypriots-still-heaviest-smokers-in-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Cypriots still heaviest smokers in EU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cypriots still heaviest smokers in EU<\/a><\/p>\n

CYPRIOTS are the heaviest smokers in the EU puffing 20.5 cigarettes daily, according to a survey conducted as part of the European Commission\u2019s campaign \u2018Ex-smokers are unstoppable.\u2019<\/p>\n

According to the survey \u2013 conducted by iCoach, a digital health platform aimed at helping smokers kick the habit – only one in ten Cypriot smokers have given up smoking, since 2011, and those who still smoked, \u00a0consumed the highest number of cigarettes in the EU at 20.5 cigarettes daily.<\/p>\n

However, most smokers in Europe – 46 per cent – consume 11-20 cigarettes daily, with the EU average amounting to 14.2 cigarettes daily.<\/p>\n

Cyprus was also ranked eighth among European countries, with 30 per cent of its population currently smoking. Ranking first was Greece at 40 per cent and last was Sweden at 13 per cent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Cypriots still heaviest smokers in EU CYPRIOTS are the heaviest smokers in the EU puffing 20.5 cigarettes daily, according to a survey conducted as part of the European Commission\u2019s campaign \u2018Ex-smokers are unstoppable.\u2019 According to the survey \u2013 conducted by iCoach, a digital health platform aimed at helping smokers kick the habit – only one … Continue reading Cypriots still heaviest smokers in EU<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,22],"tags":[429,116,350,1117,1178,1041],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-general","category-cyprus","tag-culture","tag-europe","tag-health","tag-research","tag-smoking","tag-statistics","post_format-post-format-link"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16216,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/04\/06\/drink-more-alcohol-to-save-the-environment\/","url_meta":{"origin":16604,"position":0},"title":"Drink more alcohol to save the environment!","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"April 6, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"While browsing through the news articles from a few days ago, I noticed two separate items from Cyprus Mail newspaper. \u00a0These articles weren't linked or related in any way, but in my news reader they came up right next to each other, and I think the connection is obvious. 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