Smoking

Bulgaria has the second highest number of smokers in Europe and ranks sixth in the world in this respect.

According to the latest Eurobarometer, which was released on Friday, 35 % of Bulgarians smoke, being preceded only by the Greeks, where the share of the smoking population is 38 %.

A Thai campaign against smoking used a new method to convince smokers to quit.

A video of a three-year-old girl who is seen smoking has caused a public outcry, prompting authorities to take action.

The footage shows the girl, but the voice of a woman could be heard behind the scenes talking in the Roma language.

Madonna’s daughter, Lourdes Leon was seen – a year ago- with a cigarette in her hand, something which made her mother furious, since it is a known fact that Madonna is fanatically against smoking.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has made yet another attempt to fight the smoking habit among Turkish citizens, saying a social landscape to put pressure on people who smoke to quit should be established.

It could be a scene from a thriller: a ghost ship abandoned in the crystal-clear bay of a Greek island, its hold crammed with millions of illegal cigarettes, the crew nowhere to be seen.

And no one knows where the freighter Amaranthus or its cargo were bound for when it beached on the island of Zanthe off the Ionian coast of western Greece in December.

The Cancer Society of Montenegro has warned that 40 per cent of adult Montenegins still smoke, which is way above the European average.

The organization on Monday said that of a total of 478,000 Montenegrins over 18 years, almost 200,000 are smokers.

The country has the third highest smoking rate in Europe, beaten only by Turkey and Greece.

Turkish President Erdo?an is finally on Twitter - more than five years after the opening of an official account in his name that amassed 5.7 million followers and was previously managed by ?young people who love him.? Erdo?an?s first ?real? tweet is an anti-smoking message. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an personally sent his first tweet on Feb. 9, giving an anti-smoking message.

BELGRADE - Serbia on Friday marks the National No Tobacco Day, and the Health Ministry signals increased control of public smoking, pointing to the fact that nearly 50 pct of the population are smokers and more than a half are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke.

Health ministry: Nearly 50 percent of Serbians smoke

BELGRADE -- Serbia on Friday marks the National No Tobacco Day, and the Health Ministry has signaled "increased control of public smoking," said Tanjug.

It was at the same time said that "nearly 50 pct of the population are smokers and more than a half are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke."