Publication - Research and analysis

The Scottish Health Survey 2008

Published: 29 September 2009
ISBN: 9780755981076

Table 4.1 Cigarette smoking status, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2008, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over
1995, 1998, 2003, 2008

Cigarette smoking status	Age
	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total 16-64
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Current cigarette smoker ^a
1995	35	37	29	34	34	-	-	34
1998	37	39	36	34	32	20	-	36
2003	32	39	35	29	24	18	15	32
2008	28	36	31	26	25	17	10	29
Ex-regular cigarette smoker
1995	6	12	17	24	33	-	-	18
1998	4	13	18	23	38	52	-	18
2003	3	10	17	27	37	48	55	19
2008	4	15	18	24	33	46	53	19
Never regular cigarette smoker/never smoked at all
1995	59	50	49	36	27	-	-	45
1998	59	48	46	43	30	29	-	46
2003	65	51	49	44	39	35	30	50
2008	68	49	50	50	42	36	37	51
Mean per current smoker per day
1995	14.2	16.8	19.0	21.0	20.9	-	-	18.1
1998	12.2	16.8	18.6	20.7	20.7	16.5	-	17.6
2003	10.9	14.0	17.3	18.7	20.1	17.5	13.7	15.9
2008	9.3	12.6	17.7	20.6	17.6	17.9	14.1	15.6
Standard error of the mean
1995	0.58	0.63	0.61	0.75	0.74	-	-	0.31
1998	0.43	0.49	0.60	0.78	0.97	1.62	-	0.29
2003	0.74	0.64	0.62	0.84	1.08	0.93	1.51	0.35
2008	1.14	0.72	0.89	1.11	0.93	1.28	1.20	0.49
Bases (weighted):
Men 1995	721	979	851	750	601	-	-	3902
Men 1998	695	953	903	779	607	469	-	3937
Men 2003	561	601	759	666	569	405	259	3156
Men 2008	444	479	563	554	480	327	218	2520
Bases (unweighted):
Men 1995	474	840	811	709	689	-	-	3523
Men 1998	391	763	826	693	683	572	-	3356
Men 2003	326	449	730	611	633	508	325	2749
Men 2008	237	316	460	534	525	453	304	2072
Women
Current cigarette smoker ^a
1995	33	39	34	37	34	-	-	36
1998	34	36	33	34	31	25	-	33
2003	29	35	33	29	26	22	12	31
2008	30	29	29	28	23	17	11	28
Ex-regular cigarette smoker
1995	7	14	16	21	22	-	-	16
1998	8	12	14	20	25	30	-	16
2003	6	14	15	20	31	28	29	17
2008	7	18	18	23	29	35	34	19
Never regular cigarette smoker/never smoked at all
1995	61	47	50	41	44	-	-	49
1998	58	52	53	46	43	45	-	51
2003	66	51	52	51	43	49	59	52
2008	63	54	54	49	49	48	55	53
Mean per current smoker per day
1995	12.3	15.2	16.4	17.0	15.4	-	-	15.4
1998	11.5	14.1	16.2	17.3	16.4	12.8	-	15.2
2003	10.5	12.3	16.5	16.9	17.2	14.6	14.3	14.8
2008	10.8	10.8	15.1	15.5	15.3	15.1	11.6	13.6
Standard error of the mean
1995	0.51	0.40	0.48	0.47	0.51	-	-	0.21
1998	0.44	0.44	0.46	0.57	0.71	0.60	-	0.24
2003	0.79	0.50	0.55	0.64	0.64	0.73	1.24	0.29
2008	0.53	0.60	0.79	0.65	0.71	0.95	1.09	0.33
Bases (weighted):
Women 1995	692	990	870	776	664	-	-	3992
Women 1998	655	940	913	798	661	583	-	3966
Women 2003	553	657	808	689	601	492	467	3307
Women 2008	426	487	616	586	502	382	348	2618
Bases (unweighted):
Women 1995	545	1160	992	825	884	-	-	4406
Women 1998	511	971	1008	896	808	889	-	4194
Women 2003	392	599	882	793	776	580	492	3442
Women 2008	321	451	648	628	631	513	408	2679

a Current cigarette smoker excludes those who reported only smoking cigars or pipes

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Table 4.1 Cigarette smoking status, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2008, by age and sex

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