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. 

Number and percentage of persons being current smokers, by age group and sex.

Across all age groups, the share of men who smoke daily is constantly superior to the share of women daily smokers. On another hand, regardless of gender, the share of daily smokers decreases with age.

According to a survey conducted in 2023, around ** percent of people in their forties were smokers. This made them the age groups with the highest share of smokers, while those aged 70 years and older were the smallest, at *** percent. Overall, all age groups have shown a slow decline in smoking rates over the past decade.

It is projected that the prevalence of tobacco use among those aged 15-24 years will decrease from **** percent in 2000 to **** percent in 2030. This statistic depicts the prevalence of tobacco use worldwide from 2000 to 2022 and projections for 2025 and 2030, by age.

2011–2023. The tobacco disparities dashboard data utilized the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data to measure cigarette smoking disparities by age. The disparity value is the relative difference in the cigarette smoking prevalence among adults 18 and older in a focus group divided by the cigarette smoking prevalence among adults 18 and older in a reference group. A disparity value above 1 indicates that adults in the focus group smoke cigarettes at a higher rate, as reflected by the disparity value, compared with the rate among adults in the reference group who smoke cigarettes. A disparity value below 1 indicates that adults in the focus group smoke cigarettes at a lower rate, as reflected by the disparity value, compared with the rate among adults in the reference group who smoke cigarettes. A disparity value of 1 means there is no relative difference in the rate of adults who smoke cigarettes for the two groups compared.

Smoking estimates by age group from 2010 to 2014. This is presented at a UK level, and broken down by England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

This table contains 25872 series, with data for years 1994 - 1998 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (not all combinations are available): Geography (11 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island ...), Age group (14 items: Total; 12 years and over; 12-14 years; 12-19 years; 15-19 years ...), Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Females; Males ...), Smoking (7 items: Total population for the variable smoking; Occasional smoker; Former smoker; Daily smoker ...), Characteristics (8 items: Number of persons; Coefficient of variation for number of persons; Low 95% confidence interval - number of persons; High 95% confidence interval - number of persons ...).

According to a survey conducted in November 2019 in Japan, smoking is more prevalent among men aged 40 to 49 years, with around **** percent of respondents claiming to smoke out of habit. The second highest share of smokers was found among male respondents aged 30 to 39 years.

This table contains 11760 series, with data for years 1994 - 1998 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (not all combinations are available): Geography (5 items: Territories; Northwest Territories; Yukon; Northwest Territories including Nunavut ...), Age group (14 items: Total; 12 years and over; 15-19 years; 12-19 years; 12-14 years ...), Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Females; Males ...), Smoking (7 items: Total population for the variable smoking; Daily smoker; Former smoker; Occasional smoker ...), Characteristics (8 items: Number of persons; Coefficient of variation for number of persons; Low 95% confidence interval - number of persons; High 95% confidence interval - number of persons ...).

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According to a survey on regular smokers in Indonesia in 2019, the majority of regular smokers between 15 to 19 years old smoked between **** to **** cigarettes a day. By comparison, the majority of regular smokers between 40 to 45 years old smoked between *** to ** cigarettes a day. While cigarette smoking is decreasing all over the world, Indonesia seems to be bucking the trend. Indonesia has one of the highest smoking rates in the world and is one of the biggest producers of tobacco worldwide.

Tobacco smoking causes cardiovascular diseases, lung disease, and various cancers. Understanding the population-based characteristics associated with smoking and the cause of death is important to improve survival. This study sought to evaluate the differential impact of smoking on cardiac or non-cardiac death according to age. Data from 514,866 healthy adults who underwent national health screening in South Korea were analyzed. The participants were divided into three groups: never-smoker, ex-smoker or current smoker according to the smoking status. The incidence rates and hazard ratios (HRs) of cardiac or non-cardiac deaths according to smoking status and age groups during the 10-year follow-up were calculated to evaluate the differential risk of smoking. Over the follow-up period, 6,192 and 24,443 cardiac and non-cardiac deaths had occurred, respectively. The estimated incidence rate of cardiac and non-cardiac death gradually increased in older age groups and was higher in current smokers and ex-smokers than that in never-smokers among all age groups. After adjustment of covariates, the HRs for cardiac death of current smokers compared to never-smokers were the highest in individuals in their 40’s (1.82; 95% CI, 1.45–2.28); this gradually decreased to 0.96 (95% CI, 0.67–1.38) in individuals >80 years. In contrast, the HRs for non-cardiac death peaked in individuals in their 50’s, (HR 1.69, 95% CI 1.57–1.82) and was sustained in those >80 years (HR 1.40, 95% CI 1.17–1.69). Ex-smokers did not show elevated risk of cardiac death compared to never-smokers in any age group, whereas they showed significantly higher risk of non-cardiac death in their 60’s and 70’s (HR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.19–1.39; HR 1.22, 95% CI, 1.12–1.32, respectively). Acute myocardial infarction and lung cancer showed patterns similar to those of cardiac and non-cardiac death, respectively. Smoking was associated with higher relative risk of cardiac death in the middle-aged group and non-cardiac death in the older age group. Ex-smokers in the older age group had elevated risk of non-cardiac death. To prevent early cardiac death and late non-cardiac death, smoking cessation should be emphasized as early as possible.

Estimated 100,000 person-year incidence rates of all-cause death, cardiac death, and non-cardiac death according to their age and smoking status.

Smoking status, including exposure of non-smokers to second-hand smoke at home, by Aboriginal identity, age group and sex, population aged 15 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories.

As per the results of a large scale survey conducted across India in 2021, about ** percent of adults between the ages 30 and 44 years were smokers. Furthermore, over ** percent of young adults smoked regularly this year. Smoking causes a various of health issues from tooth decay to stroke to cancer and adversely affects the body.

This table contains 6336 series, with data for years 2000 - 2000 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (not all combinations are available): Geography (11 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia ...), Age group (6 items: Total; 12 years and over; 20-34 years; 35-44 years; 12-19 years ...), Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Women; Men ...), Smoking status - 1994/95 and 2000/01 (4 items: Smokers in 1994/95; Smokers in 1994/95 who quit by 2000/01; Smokers in 1994/95 who did not quit by 2000/01; Smokers in 1994/95 who did not state their smoking status by 2000/01 ...), Characteristics (8 items: Number of persons; Low 95% confidence interval - number of persons; Coefficient of variation - number of persons; High 95% confidence interval - number of persons ...).

The Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) was conducted by Statistics Canada with the cooperation and support of Health Canada. Statistics Canada has conducted smoking surveys on an ad hoc basis on behalf of Health Canada since the 1960s. These surveys have been done as supplements to the Canadian Labour Force Survey and as random digit dialling telephone surveys. In February 1994, a change in legislation was passed which allowed a reduction in cigarette taxes. Since there was no survey data from immediately before this legislative change, it was difficult for Health Canada or other interested analysts to measure exactly the impact of the change. As Health Canada wants to be able to monitor the consequences of legislative changes and anti-smoking policies on smoking behaviour, the Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) was designed to provide Health Canada and its partners/stakeholders with continual and reliable data on tobacco use and related issues. Since 1999, two CTUMS files have been released every year: a file with data collected from February to June and a file with the July to December data. Additionally, there is also a yearly summary. The present file covers the period from February to June 2009. The primary objective of the survey is to provide a continuous supply of smoking prevalence data against which changes in prevalence can be monitored. This objective differs from that of the National Population Health Survey (NPHS) which collects smoking data from a longitudinal sample to measure which individuals are changing their smoking behaviour, the possible factors which contribute to change, and the possible risk factors related to starting smoking and smoking duration. Because the NPHS collects data every two years and releases the data about a year after completing the collection cycle, it does not meet Health Canada's need for continuous coverage in time, rapid delivery of data, or sufficient detail of the most at-risk populations, namely 15 to 24 year olds. The Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey allows Health Canada to look at smoking prevalence by province-sex-age group, for age groups 15 to 19, 20 to 24, 25 to 34, 35 to 44 and 45 and over, on a semi-annual and annual basis. Data will continue to be collected on an on-going basis depending on availability of funds.

2011–2023. The tobacco disparities dashboard data utilized the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data to measure cigarette smoking disparities by age, disability, education, employment, income, mental health status, race and ethnicity, sex, and urban-rural status. The disparity value is the relative difference in the cigarette smoking prevalence among adults 18 and older in a focus group divided by the cigarette smoking prevalence among adults 18 and older in a reference group. A disparity value above 1 indicates that adults in the focus group smoke cigarettes at a higher rate, as reflected by the disparity value, compared with the rate among adults in the reference group who smoke cigarettes. A disparity value below 1 indicates that adults in the focus group smoke cigarettes at a lower rate, as reflected by the disparity value, compared with the rate among adults in the reference group who smoke cigarettes. A disparity value of 1 means there is no relative difference in the rate of adults who smoke cigarettes for the two groups compared.

Smoking initiation (average age), by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, smokers and former smokers, Canada, provinces, territories, health regions (June 2003 boundaries) and peer groups