European Parliament 7 March 2012, Written question E-002603/12 Sergio Paolo Frances Silvestris (PPE) to the Commission. Data and statistics on smoking in Member States

Question for written answer E-002603/12 to the Commission Sergio Paolo Frances Silvestris (PPE) (7 March 2012) Subject: Data and statistics on smoking in Member States The number of smokers in Italy is approximately 12 million. According to Istat, almost one Italian in four smokes, 22.3 % of the population to be precise. Before the introduction of the anti-smoking law, Italian smokers totalled 25.