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   ocr: The French national health system is not entirely free. Patients pay the full cost oftreatment to their physicians and are then reimbursedfor 70% to 80% of the cost by an insurance company paid by the social services. Health awareness has recently risen, and the French still consume more medicine per capita than any other nation. However, the 1992 law banning smolng in public places is widely intringed. Alcoholism remains a problem, and cirrhosis ofthe liver is still the most common cause of death.