Researchers have been puzzled over the years why smokers – who well know their habit endangers their health and that nicotine is addictive – often don’t want to stop. It has long been thought they have a risk-taking personality that dismisses the danger of cigarettes.
Woman smokes a cigarette – Photo: Daniel Munoz/Reuters
Around 22 percent of Israeli adults smoke, and 10,000 die of direct and passive smoking in an average year.
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