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The Scottish Health Survey 2008

Aged 16 and over
2008

Cigarette smoking status	Equivalised annual household income quintile
	1 ^st (highest)	2 ^nd	3 ^rd	4 ^th	5 ^th (lowest)
	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Observed
Never smoked cigarettes at all	56	48	44	34	35
Used to smoke cigarettes occasionally	4	5	5	2	2
Used to smoke cigarettes regularly	21	25	23	36	21
Current cigarette smoker	19	23	28	29	42
Mean number of cigarettes smoked per smoker per day	15.0	15.3	14.8	17.7	15.9
Standard error of the mean	1.20	1.02	0.88	1.10	1.10
Standardised
Never smoked cigarettes at all	53	48	44	35	34
Used to smoke cigarettes occasionally	4	5	5	1	2
Used to smoke cigarettes regularly	25	26	24	30	20
Current cigarette smoker	18	22	27	34	44
Mean number of cigarettes smoked per smoker per day	15.1	14.9	15.1	16.8	16.6
Standard error of the mean	1.20	1.04	0.86	1.25	1.13
Bases (weighted):	650	557	592	426	434
Bases (unweighted):	534	529	528	462	406
Women
Observed
Never smoked cigarettes at all	58	48	48	40	39
Used to smoke cigarettes occasionally	5	7	6	4	3
Used to smoke cigarettes regularly	21	22	22	27	22
Current cigarette smoker	16	22	24	29	37
Mean number of cigarettes smoked per smoker per day	11.7	13.2	13.0	14.1	15.0
Standard error of the mean	0.82	0.63	0.67	0.70	0.66
Standardised
Never smoked cigarettes at all	56	47	47	39	37
Used to smoke cigarettes occasionally	4	8	6	4	3
Used to smoke cigarettes regularly	24	24	23	26	21
Current cigarette smoker	16	21	23	31	39
Mean number of cigarettes smoked per smoker per day	11.9	12.8	13.2	14.1	15.4
Standard error of the mean	0.98	0.64	0.66	0.77	0.73
Bases (weighted):	609	575	595	538	561
Bases (unweighted):	581	628	625	639	614

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