Greece tops list of adult smokers with 38.9%, as Turkey’s rate down 8%: Report

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Monday 09 Nov 2015 - 13:27 Makkah mean time-27-1-1437 Pic: Reuters Paris (IINA) – The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released its latest "Health at a Glance" report, giving a snapshot of the health of its 34 member nations, Business Insider UK reported. One of the lifestyle factors the report looks at is smoking, which kills nearly 6 million people a year, according to the OECD. The average rate of smoking in the populations across all 34 OECD nations is 19.7%, but 22 countries have a higher-than-average rate. Greece topped the list of the OECD countries with 38.9 percent in terms of tobacco consumption among adults. Indonesia came second with 37.9 percent. According to the report, the gender gap in this country is staggering: 71.8 percent of men smoke, against just 4 percent of women. Indonesia is followed by Latvia 34.3 percent; Chile 39.8 percent; Hungary 26.5 percent; Estonia 26 percent; China 25.5 percent; Russia 24.2 percent; France 24.1 percent, and Spain 23.9 percent. Turkey came in the 12th place with 23.8 percent, representing a decrease in number of adult smokers by 8.2 percent, against 32 percent in 2000. The report suggested another big gap between smoking rates among Turkish men and women: 37.3 percent of men smoke, compared to just 10.7 percent of women. A smoking ban in workplaces and public places in Turkey came into force in 2005. AB/IINA