Hefty price paid for Greek smoking habits

Name: Hefty price paid for Greek smoking habits
Uploaded: 2013-07-28T10:17:20Z
Duration: 2 min 8 s
Description: Smoking-related healthcare costs more than $4bn in country where more than 40 percent of adults smoke.

Smoking-related healthcare costs more than $4bn in country where more than 40 percent of adults smoke.

02:08

Greeks are among the EU’s most determined smokers.

It is estimated more than 40 percent of Greek adults smoke – well above the EU’s average of 29 percent.

Apart from the high taxes on cigarettes, Greeks are paying a higher price with the cost of their health.

Al Jazeera’s John Psaropoulos reports from Athens.