A new study by the French Department of Public Health has found that one million daily smokers in the country quit the habit in the last year. Authorities attribute the drop to recent anti-smoking measures and higher taxes on cigarettes. "This historic decline proves to everyone that it is possible to fight against smoking through coherent and integrated actions," said François Bourdillon, the health department's director general, in the report released Monday. A 2.5% drop in tobacco consumption According to the study, tobacco kills an average of 200 people in France every day -- about 73,000 people per year. In 2017, 26.9% of 18-to-75-year-olds smoked on a daily basis, down from 29.4% the y... [Read more]