Tobacco habits
Tobacco smoking is the largest and most common cause of disease, suffering and premature death in our country. More than a million Swedes smoke and nearly as many use moist snuff (Swedish snus).
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Everyone who smokes is harmed by smoking and some 40 diseases, of which several are fatal, are directly related to smoking. The most common are cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung cancer and several other kinds of cancer.
One out of two smokers dies prematurely from tobacco use, losing seven to eight years of their life expectancy on average. Passive smoking is also harmful.
updated Thursday, May 12, 2011
