Number of women smoking in public places has also gone up
YEREVAN, 5 DECEMBER, ARMENPRESS. The results of the Public Awareness about the Harmful Impact of the Use of Cigarettes and Second-Hand Smoking Program were presented on December 5. As the PR Service of the Youth Foundation of Armenia reports to “ArmenPress”, the program was carried out by the Long-Term Development Center NGO.
The program included a survey of 1,600 citizens. Based on the results, one out of three people (37.2%) smoke in Armenia, including men (63.5%) and women (7.4%). The past years have seen the increase of not only female smokers, but also women who smoke in public places. Armenian society is a society that disapproves of women’s smoking, and based on the survey, 73.9 percent say they disapprove of women’s smoking.