It’s well-known that smoking is harmful to your health, and the use of cigarettes in Europe is seeing a slow yet steady decline.

In 2025, one in six people aged 16 or older in the EU used tobacco and related products, such as e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches, every day, according to Eurostat.

The statistics office said that 20.8% of men smoked every day, compared with 12.6% of women.

However, both shares decreased slightly compared with 2022, when 22.2% of men and 13.1% of women smoked daily.

Tobacco kills 1.1 million people in Europe each year, with 153,000 of those dying from exposure to second-hand smoke, according to the World Health…

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