The number of non-smokers in the Czech Republic rose by 3.5 percent between 2016 and 2017, according to new data released on Thursday. Last year 24 percent of respondents in an annual survey conducted by the State Health Institute said that they were smokers. The latest figures were released on the first anniversary of the introduction of a ban on smoking in Czech bars and restaurants.
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