Creating sustainable communities and a fairer world

• Indicator summaries
  
  • Sustainable consumption & production
  • Natural resources
  • Sustainable communities
  • Contextual indicator
  Regional factsheets

Smoking

Prevalence of cigarette smoking, all adults, 1998 and 2005

Source: ONS

Prevalence of cigarette smoking, 'manual' and 'non-manual' socio-economic groups, 2002-3

Source: ONS

• In 2005 24 per cent of people in England were considered to be cigarette smokers, ranging from 22 per cent in London and the South East, to 29 per cent in the North East.
• 24 per cent of males smoked cigarettes in 2005, compared with 22 per cent of females. Prevalence of cigarette smoking was higher for males than females in most regions except the North East where females smoking was slightly higher and in the East Midlands and South West where there was little difference between the sexes.
• 30 per cent of people in manual households smoked cigarettes in 2002-3 (ranging from 24 per cent in London to 35 per cent in the North West).
• 21 per cent of people in non-manual households smoked cigarettes in 2002-3 (ranging from 18 per cent in South West to the North East and North West highest with 24 per cent).
• In 1998, 28 per cent of the total population smoked cigarettes, and seven of the nine regions have seen an improvement since then (London showed most progress with a 9 percentage point decrease in cigarette smoking prevalence). Two regions (the North East and South West) stayed at the same level between 1998 and 2005.
• The population used for this indicator is adults aged 16 and over.

• Smoking - national indicator
• Return to regional indicators homepage
• Return to search by indicators
• Return to search by region
• Regional data can be found here

Sustainable Development Indicators in Your Pocket

Useful links

• Methods Used
• Data and resources
• Contact for indicator queries