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Jump to full article: Iceland Review (is), 2005-12-19
Intro: According to a recent Gallup survey, 19.2% of Icelanders from the age of 15 - 89 smoke on a daily basis, reports Morgunbladid. Female smokers (19.2%) have increased since 2004 when 18.6% of Icelandic females smoked. The figure of male smokers decreased from 21.1% last year to 19.3% in 2005.
Smoking has decreased in the countryside with figures now similar as in ReykjavÃfÂ-k. Last year, 22% of adults in the countryside smoked.
Morgunbladid reports that education makes a big difference in the ratio of smokers
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