As tobacco use plummets, figures reveal dramatic attitude shift from EU’s worst offender No campaign could do it. No health warning could do it. And, for a very long time, no change in the price of a pack could do it. But as they learn to survive on less, Greeks have earned themselves the unusual distinction of abandoning cigarettes in record numbers. In a rare feelgood story from the crisis-plagued country, experts who had previously blamed the nation’s tobacco epidemic for the critical state of its health system are in ebullient mood. “I am 100% sure we have solved the problem,” said Panagiotis Behrakis, who heads the Joint Action force on tobacco control in Europe. “It is now just a matter of time.” Continue reading...
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