News Summary

• Tobacco-related diseases are estimated to cause nearly 700,000 premature deaths each year.
• The UK is set to ban the sale of tobacco for life to anyone born in 2009 or later.
• In Finland, ten percent of people aged 20–64 smoke daily, according to the public health authority.
• In Bulgaria, 36 percent of those over 15 smoke, compared with just six percent in Sweden.
• The tobacco industry is trying to recruit new customers by normalising the use of tobacco and nicotine products in everyday life.