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He's 19 and always smokes like this, inhaling the smoke from all 30 Reds he consumes during the day this way, to better enjoy them and send a lot of smoke deep into his lungs. He's been smoking since he was 13, and at 15 he reached 1 ppd, then 1.5 ppd at 17. Over the past 6 years, he's realized that his lungs will increasingly need more nicotine and tar, so he'll simply fill them with what they crave. This makes him feel good and enjoy it, as well as being cool with his smoking skills. That's why he'll soon get to 2ppd!

Europe’s reliance on foreign doctors and nurses is growing and could create challenges for health systems in the coming years, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned in a new report. The WHO’s European region, which covers 53 countries in Europe and Central Asia, is projected to face a shortfall of 950,000 health workers by 2030 – and has been turning to immigration to bridge that gap. Between 2014 and 2023, the number of new doctors in the European workforce nearly tripled, while the number of nurses rose fivefold, according to the report. During that time, the number of foreign-trained doctors rose 58 per cent and the number of foreign-trained nurses increased by 67 per cent. Germany and the United Kingdom accounted for most of that growth. By 2023, 60 per cent of new doctors and 72 per cent of new nurses in Europe’s labour market had been trained abroad. That includes both health workers from neighbouring European countries as well as those from Asia, Africa, or the Americas. The shift has created a stark divide: countries in eastern and southern Europe are losing health workers to western and northern countries, exacerbating shortages in some areas while filling them in others, the report found.

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