Originally Posted by
Wogster
It depends on where in Europe, it's higher in Eastern Europe, and lower in Western Europe, now it also depends on the data, some countries have more smokers, but lower cigarette consumption and some have fewer smokers, but heavier smokers.
The top 5 are the same on both lists though, Greece, Slovenia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Czech Republic. Some countries are surprising though, Japan and Switzerland have high cigarette consumption. France, Germany and the UK are all lower (on consumption)then the US, as is Canada.
I can only go on what I observed, not published figures, and by comparison with Australia where some quite strict laws are in place regarding smoking, the incidence was much, much higher and much more annoying for us.
But thanks for the listings which do turn up some surprises. Probably of equal interest would be the incidence of lung cancer in each country, but I can't be bothered looking it up, despite Machka and I discussing it extensively as we travelled.