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Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease in our society. It is a major risk factor for diseases of the heart and blood vessels, chronic bronchitis and emphysema, cancers of the lung and other diseases. The indicator is defined as the number of current tobacco smokers among the population, expressed as a percentage of population. A person is a present smoker if he/she declares smoking tobacco daily or occasionally. The data come from non-harmonised national Health Interview Surveys (HIS) and the countries were asked to post-harmonise the data according to guidelines issued by Eurostat. The HIS data were collected in different years (between 1996 and 2003) depending on the country.
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