About 18 percent of school kids aged 13 - 15 suffer from tobacco addiction, a recent survey by the Health Development Institute claims. Teenagers from wealthier families prefer cigarillos, though Estonian youth also consume chewing and smokeless tobacco in addition to the normal cigarettes. About 37 percent of the Estonian teenagers tried smoking before turning 10. The survey was carried out in 33 European countries; in Estonia, 1,544 teenagers were interviewed.
Among Estonians, the image of Russia and the United States of America is at the lowest level compared to other countries of the G8, according to a global survey conducted this summer. Germany enjoys the highest rating among Estonian residents, as over 60 percent of the people questioned consider its image positive. Great Britain is next with 58 percent, followed by France, Canada, Italy and Japan (from 57 to 52 percent respectively). Russia scored 34 percent and the U.S.A. 39 percent. However, the majority of Estonian respondents said that Russia has a positive image. About 50,000 people in 61 countries around the globe were questioned during the survey.
A Tartu county court sentenced a 32-year-old woman to 11 years in jail for killing her three-and-a-half-month-old son by smothering him with a pillow in August 2001. The woman was also found guilty of mistreating her second child, six years of age, while being inebriated.
Perfume and cosmetics products worth about 1 million kroons (64,500 euros) were stolen from the Ulemiste shopping center in Tallinn on Oct. 10. The police said the thieves got in by making a hole in the roof of the center.
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