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Scottish Health Survey - topic report: UK comparisons

Published: 31 August 2010
ISBN: 9780755995646

The Scottish Health Survey: Topic Report UK Comparisons

Table 2.2 Self-reported cigarette ^a smoking status, Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over
S, E & W 2008; NI 2005/6

Cigarette smoking status	Age							Total
Cigarette smoking status	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total
Men	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Scotland
Never smoked cigarettes	62	44	48	46	38	34	35	45
Used to smoke cigarettes	9	20	21	28	37	49	55	28
Current smoker	28	36	31	26	25	17	10	27
England ^b
Never smoked cigarettes	62	46	47	45	36	33	31	44
Used to smoke cigarettes	11	20	24	32	46	54	63	32
Current smoker	28	34	30	22	18	13	6	24
Wales
Never smoked	68	46	46	46	35	31	32	45
Used to smoke	7	17	24	29	42	53	58	30
Current smoker	25	37	30	25	22	16	10	25
Northern Ireland
Never smoked cigarettes	50	37	41	34	33	30	35	38
Used to smoke cigarettes	25	28	29	35	49	55	59	36
Current smoker	23	35	30	30	18	14	5	25
Bases (weighted):
Men Scotland	444	479	563	554	480	327	218	3066
Men England	1084	1210	1407	1206	1085	725	539	7256
Men Wales ^c	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Men Northern Ireland	278	270	302	254	210	142	95	1550
Bases (unweighted):
Men Scotland	237	316	460	534	525	453	304	2829
Men England	738	952	1215	1097	1182	874	648	6706
Men Wales	704	663	959	988	1162	932	625	6033
Men Northern Ireland	153	278	346	305	276	237	152	1747
Women	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Scotland
Never smoked cigarettes	59	46	49	45	44	41	50	48
Used to smoke cigarettes	10	25	22	27	33	42	40	28
Current smoker	30	29	29	28	23	17	11	25
England ^b
Never smoked cigarettes	63	53	50	53	48	50	54	53
Used to smoke cigarettes	13	23	25	27	36	37	38	28
Current smoker	25	25	25	20	16	13	8	20
Wales
Never smoked	61	48	50	52	47	53	56	52
Used to smoke	12	23	22	23	33	34	35	25
Current smoker	27	30	28	25	21	13	9	22
Northern Ireland
Never smoked cigarettes	49	42	47	44	47	56	64	48
Used to smoke cigarettes	20	24	23	24	28	27	27	25
Current smoker	31	34	29	31	24	16	8	26
Bases (weighted):
Women Scotland	426	487	616	586	502	382	348	3348
Women England	1047	1212	1431	1233	1123	795	785	7626
Women Wales ^c	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Women Northern Ireland	280	291	331	272	234	175	172	1755
Bases (unweighted):
Women Scotland	321	451	648	628	631	513	408	3600
Women England	883	1217	1512	1374	1366	994	946	8292
Women Wales	779	831	1181	1122	1322	1010	852	7097
Women Northern Ireland	254	428	501	417	335	312	251	2498

a The Welsh Health Survey asks about smoking, the other three countries ask specifically about cigarette smoking.
b The HSE 2008 report Table 11.1 presents figures for regular current and ex-cigarette smoking, the figures in this table are for all smoking (regular or occasional), so they differ to those in the HSE report. See Appendix A for further details.
c Weighted bases are not included in the published Welsh Health Survey tables.

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