Scientists have discovered how harmful the first cigarette

More than 2/3 of the people after the first cigarette become regular smokers. It is reported by the Guardian.

According to the study, researchers from London’s Queen Mary University examined the results of the eight surveys based on data collected from eight surveys conducted since 2000, including three people from Britain and the USA, and two studies from Australia and New Zealand.

In General, the researchers obtained data from 216 thousand respondents.

It turned out that 60% of respondents at least once tried a cigarette. 69% of those who started to smoke, admitted that after the first time they gradually become full-fledged smokers.

One of the study’s authors, Professor Peter Hajek sure that the results of the surveys show that the measures regarding awareness about the dangers of Smoking have meaning.

12 Dec Austria refused from plans to introduce a complete ban of Smoking in bars and restaurants, which was supposed to come into force in may 2018.

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