Ireland tops EU countries for daily consumption of fruit and vegetables

One-third of adults consuming recommended five or more portions per day and nearly half take between one and four daily, notes report

Smoking rates in Ireland dropped by eight percentage points from 24 per cent in 2010. This is the second largest drop across EU countries, behind Estonia which saw its smoking rates fall from 27 per cent in 2010 to 18 per cent in 2020.

In EU countries, exposure to fine particulate matter — a key air pollutant — is estimated to have caused the death of 307,000 people in 2019. Mortality rates from PM2.5 were highest in central and eastern Europe with premature death rates at least 50 per cent higher than the EU average of 69 per 100,000.Conversely, Ireland had one of the lowest rates, at 27 per 100,000, behind Iceland on 14 per 100,000 and Norway at 23 per 100,000.

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