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• Half the Greek population is still smoking despite ad bans 

The most worrying findings in the survey concern the increasing numbers of teenagers who smoke. . . .

ccording to a National Statistics Service survey of expenditures on and the consumption of cigarettes as part of a general survey on family budgets for 2004-2005, tobacco product sales have risen by 10 percent over the past 10 years. Unfortunately, younger people make up a large percentage of this increase.

Of all Greeks aged over 14, smokers make up 41.7 percent (32 percent of women and 52.2 percent of men). Fifty percent of the 25-54 age group are either occasional or habitual smokers (two-thirds are men).

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