Annual data on the proportion of adults in Great Britain who smoke cigarettes, cigarette consumption, the proportion who have never smoked cigarettes and the proportion of smokers who have quit by sex and age over time.

As of 2022, the percentage of young adults between 18 and 24 years of age who currently smoked in the UK was 11.6 percent. The age group in the UK with the highest amount of current smokers was those between 25 and 34 years old, at 16.3 percent of the total population. In the older age groups (55-64, and 65+) there was a prevalence towards reduced smoking rates compared to younger age groups.

Prevalence of smoking is the percentage of men and women ages 15 and over who currently smoke any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. It excludes smokeless tobacco use. The rates are age-standardized.

This statistic shows the proportion of cigarette smokers in Great Britain from 2000 to 2012 (as a percentage of population). Over this thirteen year period, the amount of smokers among the population decreased by 7 percent. In the most recent years this fall slowed, remaining at 21 percent from 2007 to 2008 before decreasing again by 1 percent for the most recent three year period.

In England in 2022, 21 percent of men and 15 percent of women aged between 25 and 34 years were current smokers, this is the highest share of male and female smokers across the age groups. Across all age groups men either had a higher or equal share of smokers compared to females. Situation north of the border In Scotland, the highest share of regular smokers is found in the age group between 45 to 64 years at 13 percent, followed by those aged between 16 and 44 years at 12 percent. In 2020, 11 percent of men and eight percent of women overall in Scotland were current smokers. Dangers of smoking  Over 1.9 million admissions to NHS hospitals in England in the financial year 2019/20 were caused by smoking. The number of admissions as a result of smoking has been creeping upwards since 2000. Consequently, the number of admissions due to cancers caused by smoking in England has increased since the year 2000, reaching almost 381 thousand in 2019/20. 

This statistic displays the prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults in the United Kingdom from 1974 to 2019, by gender. The prevalence of smoking among men and women has substantially declined since 1974. In 2019, 15.9 percent of men and 12.5 percent of women smoked cigarettes, which is one third the rate reported in 1974.

The HSCIC will be changing future publication dates for the four compendia reports which cover smoking, alcohol, drugs and obesity. The new dates for these reports will be approximately: - Smoking - will move from end August to end May. - Alcohol - will move from end May to end June. - Drugs - will move from end November to end March. - Obesity - will stay at end Feb (but 3rd March for 2015). One advantage of this change is that the Hospital Admissions data used in the Drugs compendia will now be able to use final data instead of provisional. A consequence is there will be no drugs compendia in 2015 with the next report being in March 2016. However, all the other data used in the report will be available from the sources where it is initially published. If you have any concerns over these changes then please send an email by 27 February 2015 to enquiries@hscic.gov.uk setting out your concerns. This statistical report presents a range of information on smoking which is drawn together from a variety of sources. The report aims to present a broad picture of health issues relating to smoking in England and covers topics such as smoking prevalence, habits, behaviours and attitudes among adults and school children, smoking-related ill health and mortality and smoking-related costs. This report combines data from different sources presenting it in a user-friendly format. It contains data and information previously published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Department of Health, the Office for National Statistics and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. The report also includes new analyses carried out by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.

In England in 2022, 60 percent of men and 68 percent of women said they never regularly smoked cigarettes, while 26 percent of men and 21 percent of women mentioned they used to smoke cigarettes regularly. Smokers broken down by age Across all age groups in England, males have a higher or equal share of smokers compared to females. In 2020, 22 percent of men and 15 percent of women aged between 25 and 34 years were current smokers, this is the highest share of male and female smokers across the age groups. While 11 percent of men aged between 16 and 24 years are classed as current smokers. Dangers of smoking   Almost two million admissions to NHS hospitals in England in the financial year 2019/20 were caused by smoking. The number of admissions as a result of smoking has been creeping upwards since 2000. Consequently, the number of admissions due to cancers caused by smoking in England has increased since the year 2000, reaching around 382 thousand in 2019/20. 

United Kingdom UK: Smoking Prevalence: Females: % of Adults data was reported at 20.000 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 20.700 % for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Smoking Prevalence: Females: % of Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 23.400 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2016, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37.500 % in 2000 and a record low of 20.000 % in 2016. United Kingdom UK: Smoking Prevalence: Females: % of Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Prevalence of smoking, female is the percentage of women ages 15 and over who currently smoke any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. It excludes smokeless tobacco use. The rates are age-standardized.; ; World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).; Weighted average;

This report presents statistics on women’s smoking status at time of delivery, at Sub Integrated Care Board (Sub-ICB), Integrated Care Board (ICB), regional and national levels. This release includes provisional data for quarter 3 of 2024-25 using data from the Smoking at Time of Delivery data collection which is submitted by commissioners (presented as SATOD v1). Alongside this and for the third time, comparative data using the Maternity Services Dataset (MSDS) is also presented using data submitted by Trusts (presented as SATOD v2) as a time series from quarter 1 of 2022-23 to quarter 3 of 2024-25. This is available for the same geographical breakdowns and includes an additional breakdown for Local Authorities. This will be repeated for subsequent quarters in 2024-25 to see how the estimates from both data sources align with a view to retiring the Smoking at Time of Delivery data collection at the end of this financial year. Until then, SATOD v1 remains the primary data source for this publication. In 2024, a proposal for the data source for this publication to be changed to the Maternity Services Dataset was included in a wider consultation: Health and social care statistical outputs published by DHSC (including OHID), NHSBSA, UKHSA, ONS and NHS England. A link to this is in the Related Links below. If you would still like to feedback your views on the SATOD data collection retirement and replacement with MSDS, then please contact us on: england.maternityanalysis@nhs.net

Number of Deaths Attributable to Smoking per 100,000 population by borough.

Rates of self reported four-week smoking quitters. Smoking quit rates per 100,000 available from the HNA.

- These quarterly reports present provisional results from the monitoring of the NHS Stop Smoking Services (NHS SSS) in England. This report includes information on the number of people setting a quit date and the number who successfully quit at the 4 week follow-up. Data for London presented with England comparator. PCT level data available from NHS.

Numbers of adults smoking by borough.

- Population who currently smoke, are ex-smokers, or never smoked by borough. This includes cigarette, cigar or pipe smokers. Data by age is also provided for London with a UK comparator.

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The data shows that with increasing higher education, the share of the population that currently smoked decreased. As of 2022, the share of the population in the UK that had a degree and currently smoked was 6.5 percent. The share of the population that had no qualifications and currently smoked, on the other hand, was approximately 27 percent.

United Kingdom UK: Smoking Prevalence: Total: % of Adults: Aged 15+ data was reported at 22.300 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 23.100 % for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Smoking Prevalence: Total: % of Adults: Aged 15+ data is updated yearly, averaging 25.500 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2016, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 38.200 % in 2000 and a record low of 22.300 % in 2016. United Kingdom UK: Smoking Prevalence: Total: % of Adults: Aged 15+ data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Prevalence of smoking is the percentage of men and women ages 15 and over who currently smoke any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. It excludes smokeless tobacco use. The rates are age-standardized.; ; World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).; Weighted average;

This report contains results from the latest survey of secondary school pupils in England in years 7 to 11 (mostly aged 11 to 15), focusing on smoking, drinking and drug use. It covers a range of topics including prevalence, habits, attitudes, and wellbeing. In 2023 the survey was administered online for the first time, instead of paper-based surveys as in previous years. This move online also meant that completion of the survey could be managed through teacher-led sessions, rather than being conducted by external interviewers. The 2023 survey also introduced additional questions relating to pupils wellbeing. These included how often the pupil felt lonely, felt left out and that they had no-one to talk to. Results of analysis covering these questions have been presented within parts of the report and associated data tables. The report includes this summary report showing key findings, excel tables with more detailed outcomes, technical appendices and a data quality statement. An anonymised record level file of the underlying data on which users can carry out their own analysis will be made available via the UK Data Service in early 2025 (see link below).

Annual data and annual historic data on the proportion of adults who currently smoke, the proportion of ex-smokers and proportion of those who have never smoked, by sex and age.

This statistic shows the proportion of cigarette smokers, by gender, in Great Britain from 2000 to 2012 (as a percentage of population). Over this thirteen year period, the amount of male and female smokers decreased by 7 and 6 percent respectively. Over the entire period, the male smoking rate was always higher than that of the females, with the difference ranging from 1 to 4 percent.

This report presents the latest results and trends from the women's smoking status at time of delivery (SATOD) data collection in England. A new interactive tool has been published which allows users to select and view information for individual Clinical Commissioning Groups. This is available at the link below. These provisional results provide a measure of the prevalence of smoking among pregnant women at Commissioning Region, Region, Sustainability and Transformation Partnership and Clinical Commissioning Group level. Finalised results will be published in July 2018. Smoking during pregnancy can cause serious pregnancy-related health problems. These include complications during labour and an increased risk of miscarriage, premature birth, low birth-weight and sudden unexpected death in infancy. Reports in the series prior to 2011-12 quarter 3 are available from the Department of Health website (see below). Error Notification On 10/05/2018, NHS Digital identified an error in a small number of confidence intervals for the percentage of women smoking at the time of delivery in this report. The confidence intervals were incorrect for: The year to date national figure in table 1. The England total and the four regional totals in table 2b. The England total and the four regional totals in table 3. As the report contains provisional data, the errors will be corrected in the Q4 report which will be published on 3 July 2018 and will contain final data for 2017/18 Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4. NHS Digital apologise for any inconvenience caused. Accessibility of the power BI dashboard This tool is in Microsoft PowerBI which does not fully support all accessibility needs. If you need further assistance, please contact us for help.

This statistic displays the distribution of cigarettes smoked daily in England in 2021, by gender. In this year, six percent of men and five percent of women smoked under ten cigarettes per day.