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Jump to full article: Times of Malta (mt), 2007-04-22
Intro: Malta has a very serious problem with smoking: 29.7% of all Maltese declared they are smokers. Although there are more male smokers than females, women are even heavier smokers than men. These are two of the most striking findings of the latest opinion survey conducted by sociologist Mario Vassallo for The Sunday Times.
The survey was carried out by telephone among 300 households in Malta and Gozo between April 9 and 15.
Smokers come from all the segments of Maltese society, irrespective of age, gender and social class. The highest percentage are to be found in the 36-50 (35.6%) age bracket. And it does not look like the habit is being dropped by the young: those aged 16-25 registered a rather high 31.9%.
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