CLEMENT: Puzzling pouch priorities of public health
November 19, 2024 by westernstandard.news
CLEMENT: Puzzling pouch priorities of public health
This week, Sweden moved closer to becoming "smoke-free," with a smoking rate of 5.3%. According to the World Health Organization, a country is considered smoke-free if the smoking rate is under 5%. Given Sweden's current trajectory, it’s only a matter of time before they reach this goal. Sweden is the only European country where lung cancer is not the leading cause of cancer death. In contrast, lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in Canada. Canada aims to reduce its smoking rate to below 5% by 2035, which would mean reducing the number of smokers from 4.6 million in 2022 to fewer than 1.8 million by 2035.
12.50% of the adult population are current smokers. There are approximately 3.9 million current smokers in Canada 14.80% of men are current smokers but only 10.20% of women.
SOURCE: GSTHR
