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Tobacco Control 2005;14:77
Copyright © 2005 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
Tobacco Control 2005;14:77
© 2005 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

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Spain: sweet smoking initiation?

Esteve Fernández

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Correspondence to:
Esteve Fernández
Institut Català d’Oncologia, Spain; efernandez@ico.scs.es

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Things are changing in Spain. The prevalence of tobacco smoking, both sexes combined, has steadily decreased during the last 20 years; the real price of tobacco has increased in the last 10 years; a new national plan for prevention and control of smoking was approved more than one year ago; and new and strong legislation to protect non-smokers in public and private places (including bars and restaurants) and workplaces is to be launched.

However, a number of unhealthy practices continue. In addition to the Spanish custom of giving guests special cigarette gift boxes at wedding meals (Spain: wedded to tobacco. Tobacco Control 2001;10:305), another unhealthy tradition persists.

Almost all Spanish smokers remember their first cigarette (and former smokers even remember their last one...). Even those who have never smoked tobacco remember their first cigarette, even though it was smokeless—not a real tobacco cigarette, but a chocolate one.

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