Contains data on women's smoking status at time of delivery at national and CCG level. Data is available in Excel or CSV format. Latest data is for quarter 4 of 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, **** percent of men and **** percent of women smoked cigarettes, which is ********* the rate reported in 1974.

This annual report presents results from the monitoring of the NHS Stop Smoking Services in England during the period April 2019 to March 2020. NHS Stop Smoking Services offer support to help people quit smoking. This can include intensive support through group therapy or one-to-one support. The support is designed to be widely accessible within the local community and is provided by trained personnel, such as specialist smoking cessation advisors and trained nurses and pharmacists. 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. It also presents in depth analyses of the key measures of the service including pregnant women, breakdowns by ethnic group and type of pharmacotherapy received. The results are provided at national, regional and local authority levels. Due to the coronavirus illness (Covid-19) there have been some changes in terms of our regular statistical productions. The collection of the Stop Smoking Services dataset and production of this publication was paused in spring and summer 2020 to support the handling of pandemic, therefore is being published later than in previous collection years. Please note this publication was originally scheduled for release on 29th October 2020 and was delayed for operational reasons. Error notification: Quarter 4 2019/20 data submitted by the provider for Barking and Dagenham Council was actually data for Havering council. The local authority did not inform NHS Digital about this error until June 2021, which was seven months after the 2019/20 report had been published. Consequently, this was too late to change the publication, so data for Barking and Dagenham Council is incorrect for the Quarter 4 2019/20 report.

The local tobacco control profiles data update for November 2020 has been published by Public Health England (PHE).

These profiles have been designed to help local government and health services to assess the effect of tobacco use on their local populations. The data are presented in an interactive tool that allows users to view them in a user-friendly format.

This update contains:

• four new indicators on smoking prevalence in adults (18+) admitted to treatment for substance misuse (NDTMS)
• new data for smoking status at time of delivery for 2019 to 2020
• new data on deaths from smoking related diseases for the period 2017 to 2019

The short statistical summary slideset can now be found in the local tobacco control profiles tool in the https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/tobacco-control/supporting-information/presentations" class="govuk-link">our reports and presentations section of the ‘further information’ page.

See the attached ‘data to be included’ document for full details of what’s in this update.

View previous local tobacco control profiles updates.

As of 2019, the share of the UK population that currently smoked and identified as heterosexual/straight was **** percent. Those that had identified as gay or lesbian had a larger share of the population that currently smoked, at approximately **** percent.

This statistic displays the proportion of children who have ever smoked cigarettes in England in 2019, by gender and age. In this year, *** percent of boys and **** percent of girls aged between 13 and 15 years old have smoked cigarettes.

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. This survey is usually run every two years, however, due to the impact that the Covid pandemic had on school opening and attendance, it was not possible to run the survey as initially planned in 2020; instead it was delivered in the 2021 school year. In 2021 additional questions were also included relating to the impact of Covid. They covered how pupil's took part in school learning in the last school year (September 2020 to July 2021), and how often pupil's met other people outside of school and home. Results of analysis covering these questions have been presented within parts of the report and associated data tables. It 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 later in 2022 (see link below).

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. 

This statistic displays the national smoking rates of adults in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019, by country. The largest proportion of smokers was in Scotland, with **** percent of adults smokers based in this country.

In 2015/16 there were approximately 2.36 million adults admitted to hospital in England due to an illness caused by smoking. By 2022/23 the number of hospital admissions as a result of smoking had increased to approximately 2.54 million, the largest number during the provided time period. Smoking prevalence across age groups in England 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 smokers across the age groups, while the age group of 45 to 54 years had the second-largest proportion of female smokers at 18 percent. Situation north of the border In Scotland, the share of regular smokers was quite evenly distributed among all ages, except for those aged over 75 years who were smoking less. In 2023, 16 percent of men and 13 percent of women overall in Scotland were current smokers. 

As of 2019, England was the country in the UK with the lowest share of current smokers in the adult population. However, the population of Northern Ireland were the least likely to have ever smoked in their lives, with **** percent saying they had never smoked.

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.

Results and trends from the women's smoking status at time of delivery (SATOD) data collection in England. The 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.

In 2019, *** percent of men in England and **** percent of women in England were current e-cigarette users. In total, approximately **** fifths of the adult population of England had never before vaped.

Directly age-standardised registration rate for oral cancer (ICD-10 C00-C14), in persons of all ages, per 100,000 2013 European Standard PopulationRationaleTobacco is a known risk factor for oral cancers (1). In England, 65% of hospital admissions (2014–15) for oral cancer and 64 % of deaths (2014) due to oral cancer were attributed to smoking (2). Oral cancer registration is therefore a direct measure of smoking-related harm. Given the high proportion of these registrations that are due to smoking, a reduction in the prevalence of smoking would reduce the incidence of oral cancer.Towards a Smokefree Generation: A Tobacco Control Plan for England states that tobacco use remains one of our most significant public health challenges and that smoking is the single biggest cause of inequalities in death rates between the richest and poorest in our communities (3).In January 2012 the Public Health Outcomes Framework was published, then updated in 2016. Smoking and smoking related death plays a key role in two of the four domains: Health Improvement and Preventing premature mortality (4).References:(1) GBD 2013 Risk Factors Collaborators. Global, regional and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risk factors in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet 2015; 386:10010 2287–2323. (2) Statistics on smoking, England 2016, May 2016; http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB20781 (3) Towards a Smokefree Generation: A Tobacco Control Plan for England, July 2017 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/towards-a-smoke-free-generation-tobacco-control-plan-for-england (4) Public Health Outcomes Framework 2016 to 2019, August 2016; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-health-outcomes-framework-2016-to-2019 Definition of numeratorCancer registrations for oral cancer (ICD-10, C00-C14) in the calendar years 2007-09 to 2017-2019. The National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service collects data relating to each new diagnosis of cancer that occurs in England. This does not include secondary cancers. Data are reported according to the calendar year in which the cancer was diagnosed.Definition of denominatorPopulation-years (ONS mid-year population estimates aggregated for the respective years) for people of all ages, aggregated into quinary age bands (0-4, 5-9,…, 85-89, 90+).CaveatsReviews of the quality of UK cancer registry data 1, 2 have concluded that registrations are largely complete, accurate and reliable. The data on cancer registration ‘quality indicators’ (mortality to incidence ratios, zero survival cases and unspecified site) demonstrate that although there is some variability, overall ascertainment and reliability is good. However cancer registrations are continuously being updated, so the number of registrations for each year may not be complete, as there is a small but steady stream of late registrations, some of which only come to light through death certification.1. Huggett C (1995). Review of the Quality and Comparability of Data held by Regional Cancer Registries. Bristol: Bristol Cancer Epidemiology Unit incorporating the South West Cancer Registry. 2. Seddon DJ, Williams EMI (1997). Data quality in population based cancer registration. British Journal of Cancer 76: 667-674.The data presented here replace versions previously published. Population data and the European Standard Population have been revised. ONS have provided an explanation of the change in standard population (available at http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/user-guidance/health-and-life-events/revised-european-standard-population-2013--2013-esp-/index.html )

In the period 2023/24, 7.6 percent of pregnant women in England smoked at the time of delivery. The share of pregnant women smoking has decreased since 2006 when almost sixteen percent of pregnant women did so. Smoking during pregnancy can lead to many birth complications, so it is advised that the expecting mother quits smoking for the health of the baby. Situation north of the borderAs in England, Scotland’s share of pregnant women smoking has been declining, although the prevalence remains higher than those in England. In 2022, 12 percent of pregnant women in Scotland smoked during pregnancy, in the year 2000 this share was at almost 29 percent. Younger mothers more likely to smokeIn both England and Scotland, the prevalence of pregnant smokers increases down the age groups. In England, 28 percent of mothers under 20 smoked while pregnant in 2021/22. While in Scotland in the same year, 27.6 percent of teenage mothers smoked when pregnant.

This statistic displays the number of adults admitted to hospital for diseases of the digestive system which can be caused by smoking in England from 2002/03 to 2019/20. In 2002/03 there were approximately 39 thousand adults admitted to hospital for a disease of the digestive tract which was caused by smoking, by 2019/20 the number of hospital admissions had increased approximately 98 thousand, this was the largest number of admissions during the provided time period.