Rygning kan forsvinde i UK i 2050, siger Citigroup

With quitting smoking on top of many a list of new years resolutions, the broker has considered what a decline in smoking means for the tobacco industry.The habit has been on the wane since the 1960s, when just over half of adults in Britain smoked. With people becoming more conscious of the health risks associated with smoking and the introduction of the smoking ban in 2007, that figure had dropped to a fifth by 2008.“The percentage of smokers is declining across the developed world, and the declines are more or less in a straight line in most markets,” said analysts.“If these trends continue, then by 2050, many important tobacco markets will have gone to zero smoking.”