Only try one cigarette, two thirds are addicted

Professor Linda Bauld, major in health policy at Stirling University (UK), says research shows the importance of preventing many people from trying at the beginning.

"Don't try even once" is correct!

The results come after many surveys and data analysis from many countries around the world. Accordingly, the researchers showed that in 216,000 people surveyed, over 60% said they had smoked at least 1 cigarette in their lives.

The number of global smokers is about 1 billion, of which 800 million are men.

69% of those who believe that then have to spend daily pocket money to satisfy the "craving" drugs. Of this 69%, including those who later quit smoking.

The study was published in the Nicotine and Tobacco Research magazine after analyzing data from 8 surveys conducted since 2000, of which 3 were conducted in the UK, 3 from the US and 2 in Australia and New Zealand.

"This shows the importance of preventing tobacco exposure, especially among young people," said Peter Hajek, co-author of the study, also a professor of psychology at Queen Mary University, London. ) said.

However, the group also acknowledged that the research has some limitations, including the fact that the results are mainly based on "self-declaration" information , meaning that the results numbers cannot be fully but estimated.

"It is possible that many people who have smoked a few times when they were young, but do not remember or see this are not important, do not" testify "in the survey,' Hajek said.

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Source: ONS.

The Guardian page said in 2016, 16% of adults in the UK smoke. In the 70s of the 20th century, this number was over 50%, then continuously decreased to this day.

Professor Hajek said that the rate of smoking reduction among young people in the UK is due to the effectiveness of price increases as well as communication that smoking has no benefit but also causes serious harm.

However, Professor Bauld said that it should not be complacent because according to recent statistics, about 200,000 children in the UK have started to try cigarettes.

Specifically, according to the UK National Health Agency in 2016, 19% of 11 to 15 year olds used to smoke.

In the US, CNN said 9 out of 10 smokers in the United States have tried this drug when they were under 18 years old.

In the study, Professor Bauld said there was a lack of a very popular new drug : electronic cigarettes.

Professor Bauld suggested the impact of e-cigarettes should also be studied more, because the number of electronic smokers has increased rapidly since the product hit the market.

According to The Guardian, while the rate of electronic cigarette use among young people has increased in recent years, the level of regular use among young people who have never smoked "is" still below 1%.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) statistics, the number of global smokers is about 1 billion, of which 800 million are men.

While smoking rates in developed countries have decreased, especially for men, smoking rates in developing countries have increased significantly.

More than 80% of current smokers live in middle-income countries. Typically, 57% of Indonesian men smoke. This number in China is 53% and Bangladesh is nearly 50%.