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US and Canada have seen great decreases after big anti smoking campaigns in the 90s and laws in the 2000s. Apparently European countries have not. But I have no idea about Australia and New Zealand.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wow 10.6% still seems really high to me

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I suppose - 10.6% of ~20 millionish is still a lot, but compared to how high it used to be, it has gone down a lot. In the 80s over 40% of adult men were smokers