{
  "id": 4831802,
  "title": "Cigarettes are on the decline in the EU, but how popular are smoking and vaping still?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/cigarettes-are-on-the-decline-in-the-eu-but-how-popular-are-smoking",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T09:13:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/01/cigarettes-are-on-the-decline-in-the-eu-but-how-popular-are-smoking-and-vaping-still"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Despite the EU's goal of creating a \"Tobacco-Free Generation\" by 2040, more than 16% of people over 16 smoke and vape every single day. Who are the biggest smokers in the bloc?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}