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Scottish Health Survey 2018: main report - revised 2020

An amended version of the Scottish Health Survey 2018 main report.

Base: Aged 16 and over		2018
Cigarette smoking status		Age							Total
		16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men	Never smoked or used to smoke cigarettes occasionally	74	61	56	54	53	50	53	57
	Used to smoke cigarettes regularly	2	16	16	23	28	37	39	22
	Current cigarette smoker^a	24	23	28	23	19	13	8	21
	Mean	8.7	10.0	12.0	14.2	16.0	19.3	12.9	12.7
	SE of the mean	1.32	1.28	0.84	1.21	1.07	1.38	1.64	0.51
Women	Never smoked or used to smoke cigarettes occasionally	84	62	61	55	58	56	61	62
	Used to smoke cigarettes regularly	3	15	20	23	28	32	30	22
	Current cigarette smoker^a	13	24	19	22	14	12	9	17
	Mean	6.0	8.8	10.1	12.5	12.4	13.2	13.6	10.8
	SE of the mean	0.80	0.64	0.82	0.86	0.74	1.04	1.83	0.38
All adults	Never smoked or used to smoke cigarettes occasionally	79	61	58	55	56	53	57	59
	Used to smoke cigarettes regularly	3	15	18	23	28	34	34	22
	Current cigarette smoker^a	19	23	24	22	16	13	9	19
	Mean	7.8	9.4	11.2	13.3	14.4	16.2	13.3	11.8
	SE of the mean	0.96	0.72	0.67	0.75	0.71	0.93	1.33	0.34
Unweighted bases	Men	150	226	278	371	370	390	264	2049
	Women	195	361	406	469	490	468	324	2713
	All adults	345	587	684	840	860	858	588	4762
Weighted bases	Men	293	384	349	409	370	290	191	2286
	Women	285	400	365	441	394	320	265	2470
	All adults	578	784	714	850	765	609	456	4756

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

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