• 6000 people die each year in Israel from cigarettes, that's about 16 people a day!

• 28% of Israel population are smokers. In 1973 smokers were 42% of the population.

• Although the decrease in the amount of smokers, the starting age of the smokers is decreasing. Today even 11 years old start to smoke.

• 4.5% of the boys and 1% of the girls aged 11-12 claim to be regular smokers.

• 9.5% of the boys and 6.4% of the girls aged 14-15 claim to be regular smokers.

• 16% of the boys and 9% of the girls aged 16-17 claim to be regular smokers.

• 90% of all smokers starts smoking before they are 18.

• 90% of the Israelis support No-Smoking areas in work places.

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