The lowest number of smokers recorded in Chechnya

In the Chechen Republic, 3.3% of the adult population smokes. This is the lowest rate among all regions of the country, according to Rosstat. The inhabitants of Ingushetia (4 per cent) and Dagestan (6 per cent) are also the least susceptible to addiction. Experts named Altai (34.2 per cent of the adult population smokes), Sakhalin (33.5 per cent), Magadan (31.9 per cent), Nenets Autonomous Region (30.4 per cent) and Komi (29.6 per cent) as the most smoking regions in the country. 
 
In the Russian Federation as a whole, 19.2% of the population aged 15 years and over smoke, or about 23 million people. At the same time, the number of smokers decreased last year by 5.8%, or by 1.4 million people.

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