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The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) in its 2019 Statistics on the Elderly Population shows that one in four elderly people are known to actively smoke. The number of elderly people who regularly smoke every day is significantly higher, at 22.2 percent. Meanwhile, only 2.2 percent smoke occasionally.
Elderly smokers are predominantly male, at 48.9 percent, with 44.7 percent smoking daily and 4.2 percent smoking not every day. The percentage for elderly women is much lower, at 1.95 percent. BPS states that smoking habits among the elderly, especially daily smoking, carry a higher risk of developing diseases.
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