"Figure 6: The proportion of cigarette smokers who have quit continued to increase ","" "The proportion of current smokers and those who have quit, for all persons aged 16 years and over, Great Britain, 1974 to 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. The proportion of cigarette smokers who have quit is the proportion of all those who said that they have smoked cigarettes regularly who do not currently smoke. 2. From March 2020, the survey moved to weekly data collection. 3. From 25 August 2021, the survey moved to fortnightly data collection. 4. Data are weighted from 2000 onwards. 5. Data on cigarette use were collected on a two-year basis prior to 2000. 6. Information on the changes in legislation and government policy can be found on the Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) website." "Unit","%" "","" "","Current smokers","Cigarette smokers who have quit" "1974","45.6","26.7" "1976","41.8","31.0" "1978","40.2","33.0" "1980","39.4","34.2" "1982","35.3","38.8" "1984","34.0","40.2" "1986","32.7","42.7" "1988","31.6","43.9" "1990","30.0","45.3" "1992","28.4","47.7" "1994","26.8","48.8" "1996","28.0","47.2" "1998","27.1","48.2" "2000","27.0","46.5" "2001","26.9","46.7" "2002","25.9","48.1" "2003","26.0","47.5" "2004","24.6","48.9" "2005","23.9","49.8" "2006","22.0","51.9" "2007","20.9","53.9" "2008","21.1","54.7" "2009","21.0","54.6" "2010","20.3","54.9" "2011","19.8","55.0" "2012","20.4","50.2" "2013","19.2","54.3" "2014","18.8","54.6" "2015","17.8","56.7" "2016","16.1","60.6" "2017","16.8","59.5" "2018","16.6","61.3" "2019","15.8","62.5" "2020","14.5","64.0" "2021","12.7","66.9"