Smokers smoked more in 2006

Cigarette smoking went up 1.5% in 2006, the first time there has been a rise in 25 years, the government statistics office CBS reported on Monday. In total the Dutch smoked around 25 billion cigarettes – or 864 per person – in 2006, the CBS said. The actual number of smokers remained stable.

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