While a quarter of French people still smoke daily, the objective of the health authorities is to reach a first generation without tobacco, that is to say a generation in which there are less than 5% of smokers, by 2030. "The projections made on the the next few years are going in this direction ”, rejoices a tobacco specialist.
Calendars around the world call Monday a tobacco-free day.
In France, it is estimated that it is the cause of 75,000 deaths per year, or more than one in eight deaths.
A quarter of the French smoke daily.
The objective of the health authorities is to reach a first generation without tobacco, that is to say a generation in which there are less than 5% of smokers, by 2030. Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed this objective last March, during the presentation of the latest cancer plan.
The number of high school students who smoke halved in 10 years
In France, the average age of smoking the first cigarette is 14, a figure that has been stable for 10 years.
But the number of high school students who smoke has halved in 20 years.
Professor Bertrand Dautzenberg, tobacco specialist, estimates that a first generation without tobacco can be envisaged between 2030 and 2035. "I believe in it enormously. These are generations already obtained in the United States, where high school students are less than 5% of daily smokers. The projections made over the next few years go in this direction in France. We are decreasing by 1% per year, so if we decrease for another 10 years, we are good. "
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