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French smokers give up on quitting as 12 million people light up daily: study

Cigarette butts litter a tree grille in a Paris street. AFP - JOEL SAGET

The number of smokers in France is no longer falling with a quarter of the population – 12 million people – saying they smoked cigarettes every day, according to a study published Wednesday to mark World No Tobacco Day.

Carried out by health authority Santé Publique France (SPF), the study found that almost a third of people (31.8 percent) aged between 18 and 75 admitting to smoking, even if they did not light up every day.

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