Scottish Health Survey 2014 - volume 1: main report

Presents results for the Scottish Health Survey 2014, providing information on the health and factors relating to health of people living in Scotland.


Table 3.1 Cigarette smoking status, 1995 to 2014

Aged 16 and over 1995 to 2014
Cigarette smoking status 1995 1998 2003 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
  % % % % % % % % % %
Men
Current cigarette smokera
16-64 34 36 32 29 28 29 27 28 25 25
16+ n/a n/a 29 27 25 26 24 25 23 23
Ex-regular cigarette smoker
16-64 18 18 19 19 19 18 18 17 20 18
16+ n/a n/a 24 24 24 24 23 23 25 23
Never regular cigarette smoker/ never smoked at all
16-64 49 46 49 51 53 53 55 55 55 57
16+ n/a n/a 47 49 51 50 52 52 51 54
Mean per current smoker per day
16-64 18.1 17.6 15.9 15.6 15.2 14.6 14.2 14.7 13.1 13.1
16+ n/a n/a 15.9 15.7 15.4 14.8 14.3 14.7 13.5 13.5
Standard error of the mean
16-64 0.31 0.29 0.35 0.49 0.44 0.46 0.38 0.52 0.51 0.52
16+ n/a n/a 0.33 0.46 0.41 0.43 0.35 0.48 0.49 0.49
Women
Current cigarette smokera
16-64 36 33 31 28 27 28 26 26 22 23
16+ n/a n/a 28 25 25 25 22 24 20 21
Ex-regular cigarette smoker
16-64 16 16 17 19 17 19 17 18 21 19
16+ n/a n/a 20 22 20 21 20 21 23 23
Never regular cigarette smoker / never smoked at all
16-64 49 51 52 53 56 54 58 56 57 57
16+ n/a n/a 53 53 55 54 57 55 57 56
Mean per current smoker per day
16-64 15.4 15.2 14.8 13.6 13.5 13.3 13.2 12.3 12.2 13.1
16+ n/a n/a 14.7 13.7 13.4 13.1 13.3 12.4 12.4 13.0
Standard error of the mean
16-64 0.21 0.24 0.29 0.33 0.30 0.29 0.33 0.43 0.43 0.43
16+ n/a n/a 0.27 0.31 0.27 0.27 0.30 0.40 0.40 0.40
All adults
Current cigarette smokera
16-64 35 35 31 29 28 28 26 27 24 24
16+ n/a n/a 28 26 25 25 23 25 21 22
Ex-regular cigarette smoker
16-64 17 17 18 19 18 18 17 17 20 19
16+ n/a n/a 22 23 22 23 22 22 24 23
Never regular cigarette smoker / never smoked at all
16-64 49 48 51 52 54 54 57 55 56 57
16+ n/a n/a 50 51 53 52 55 54 54 55
Mean per current smoker per day
16-64 16.7 16.4 15.3 14.6 14.3 13.9 13.7 13.5 12.7 13.1
16+ n/a n/a 15.3 14.7 14.4 13.9 13.8 13.5 13.0 13.2
Standard error of the mean
16-64 0.19 0.19 0.26 0.31 0.29 0.28 0.28 0.36 0.35 0.37
16+ n/a n/a 0.24 0.28 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.34 0.34 0.34
Bases (weighted):
Men 16-64 3901 3937 3156 2520 2916 2795 2926 1868 1882 1769
Men 16+ n/a n/a 3819 3066 3560 3422 3581 2292 2330 2207
Women 16-64 3994 3966 3307 2618 3047 2925 3045 1939 1968 1869
Women 16+ n/a n/a 4267 3348 3905 3750 3906 2489 2534 2416
All adults 16-64 7895 7903 6463 5138 5962 5720 5971 3807 3850 3639
All adults 16+ n/a n/a 8086 6413 7465 7173 7487 4780 4864 4623
Bases (unweighted):
Men 16-64 3523 3356 2749 2072 2387 2273 2409 1510 1596 1469
Men 16+ n/a n/a 3582 2829 3265 3092 3263 2119 2131 2057
Women 16-64 4406 4194 3442 2679 3198 3067 3162 1963 2068 1853
Women 16+ n/a n/a 4514 3600 4227 4109 4243 2677 2746 2585
All adults 16-64 7929 7550 6191 4751 5585 5340 5571 3473 3664 3322
All adults 16+ n/a n/a 8096 6429 7492 7201 7506 4796 4877 4642

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

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