Over 50% of Korean adults still smoke.

After the price increase of all tobaccos in Dec. last year, number of smoker populations showed ever declining trend but still kept at over 50%, a survey unveiled.

The Korean adult smokers showed 57.8% in Sept. last year just before the price increase but declined by 53.3% in Mar. this year (4.5% points down), 52.3% (5.5% points down) in June and 50.3% (7.5% points down) in Sept. this year. ...