Sweden has reached its target of having fewer than 5 percent of the population smoking regularly, effectively making it a “smoke-free” country, according to Radio Sweden on Monday.
The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs confirmed the milestone, declaring that the country has now met its long-term public health goal of 2025.
At the beginning of the 1980s, more than 30 percent of Swedes smoked daily, the council noted.
The reduction marks a steady decline over several decades as public health policies and changing social habits contributed to falling smoking rates across the country.
