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Table 3 Declines/increases in cigarette smoking prevalence in EU member states, 2016–2018.

From: Critical appraisal of the European Union Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) Preliminary Opinion on electronic cigarettes

Member state

Cigarette smoking prevalence 2018

Cigarette smoking prevalence 2016

% Change in prevalence (%)

Austria

24.1

25.1

− 4.0

Belgium

21.4

23.8

− 10.1

Bulgaria

31.4

30.0

4.6

Croatia

29.6

29.9

− 1.0

Cyprus

29.1

29.4

− 1.0

Czechia

24.7

26.4

− 6.5

Denmark

16.9

17.7

− 4.5

Estonia

24.5

25.5

− 3.9

Finland

15.3

15.5

− 1.2

France

27.0

26.0

3.8

Germany

22.6

24.4

− 7.8

Greece

33.1

35.8

− 7.6

Hungary

25.8

26.0

− 0.8

Ireland

20.0

20.3

− 1.5

Italy

20.8

21.2

− 1.9

Latvia

28.9

30.0

− 5.7

Lithuania

21.6

23.2

− 6.9

Luxembourg

18.9

20.1

− 6.0

Malta

20.6

21.1

− 2.4

Netherlands

19.1

21.3

− 10.4

Poland

23.7

25.2

− 6.0

Portugal

20.4

17.6

15.9

Romania

21.1

24.3

− 13.1

Slovakia

25.3

24.1

4.9

Slovenia

18.5

18.8

− 1.5

Spain

22.8

23.8

− 4.2

Sweden

12.1

13.3

− 9.0