Signal Daily smoking 20 percent and daily drinking 9 percent in 2020, versus 32 and 20 percent in the 1990s

Summary

According to the report, 20 percent of Spain's population smoked every day in 2020, and only 9 percent drank alcohol daily. In the 1990s these shares stood at 32 and 20 percent respectively. Over the same period, physical activity during leisure time rose markedly, doubling from 13 percent in 2001 to 26 percent in 2020. The report presents these figures as the positive side of a contrasting picture in which tobacco and alcohol decline while obesity grows. Among 15 to 24 year olds, daily drinking and smoking are even lower, pointing to a possible strengthening of the decline. The report nonetheless stresses that obesity keeps rising, so attention must go to emerging risks as well as to progress.