Middle-aged men who don't smoke live about ten years longer on average than their heavy-smoking peers.
According to research carried out by the University of Helsinki, University of Oulu and the National Public Health Institute, non-smoking men also enjoy a somewhat higher quality of life in their later years.
Some 1,600 men born between the years 1919 and 1934 were included in the study. Their smoking patterns and health risks during the 1970s were analysed.
The participants in this year's Helsinki Pride Parade brought all the colours of the rainbow to the Finnish capital on a sun-drenched afternoon.
There have been a series of stabbing attacks on foreign-background victims in Oulu over the course of the last year, with police now investigating the possibility that the incidents are connected.
Many people grow up balancing their parents' culture with life in Finland, helping to form a broader view of what it means to be Finnish.
