Danish smoking rate down to 17 percent

Danish people are smoking—and drinking—less than they previously were, according to an Icenews story quoting a report based on new research from the country’s health department.

Sundhedsstyrelsens Nationale Sundhedsprofil, the national health profile division of the health department, said the number of Danes who admitted to smoking on a daily basis had fallen to 17 percent from 21 percent in 2010.

Health department spokesperson Jette Jul Bruun said that between 13,000 and 14,000 Danes died each year as a result of smoking-related illnesses, while 3,000 died from drinking-related illnesses.

The report said also that there were “issues” concerning diet, obesity and exercise in the country.

Such problems were greater, it said, among the financially less well-off and less educated.