Almost every fourth Slovenian is under the spell of cigarette smoke

Slovenians among the nations least exposed to secondhand smoke

Almost every fourth EU citizen is a smoker and the situation in similar in Slovenia. Foto: BoBo

Almost every fourth EU citizen is a smoker and the situation in similar in Slovenia. That’s according to data from Eurostat, the European Statistical Office. Slovenians tend to be less passionate smokers than their counterparts in most EU countries; they are ranked only 17th.

In its report about smoking habits in the EU, Eurostat used 2014 data from the European Health Interview Survey, which surveyed adults and adolescents above the age of 15.
The largest share of smokers in the EU can be found in Bulgaria, Greece, and Austria, while the lowest number is found in Sweden, the UK, and Finland. On average, about 24 people over the age of 15 smoke in the EU. The data for Slovenia is almost identical to the European mean, since 24.2 percent of those above the age of 15 in Slovenia were smokers in 2014.
Men continue to be more likely to smoke in Slovenia. However, the share of male smokers (27.5 percent) is under the European average (28.7 percent), while the share of female smokers (21.2 percent) is above the European average (19.5 percent).

Slovenia is also ranked near the tail end in the EU in terms of exposure to secondhand smoke. While two thirds of Greeks are exposed to secondhand smoke in enclosed spaces every day, this applies to only 16.2 percent of Slovenians. On average, 21.6 percent of EU citizens are exposed to secondhand smoke.

G. C.
Translated by J. B.