Cigarette smoking among adults including the proportion of people who smoke including demographic breakdowns, changes over time, and e-cigarettes.

Publications

  • Adult smoking habits in the UK: 2015

    Cigarette smoking among adults including the proportion of people who smoke including demographic breakdowns, changes over time, and e-cigarettes.

Data

  • Adult smoking habits in Great Britain

    Annual data on the proportion of adults in Great Britain who smoke cigarettes, cigarette consumption, the proportion who have never smoked cigarettes and the proportion of smokers who have quit by sex and age over time.

  • E-cigarette use in Great Britain

    Annual data on the proportion of adults in Great Britain who use e-cigarettes, by different characteristics such as age, sex and cigarette smoking status.

  • Smoking habits in the UK and its constituent countries

    Annual data and annual historic data on the proportion of adults who currently smoke, the proportion of ex-smokers and proportion of those who have never smoked, by sex and age.

  • E-cigarette use in England

    Annual data on the proportion of adults in England who use e-cigarettes, by different characteristics such as age, sex and cigarette smoking status.

  • Adult smoking habits in England

    Annual data on the proportion of adults in England who smoke cigarettes, cigarette consumption, the proportion who have never smoked cigarettes and the proportion of smokers who have quit by sex and age over time.

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Pre-release access list for Adult smoking habits in the UK: 2015

The phrase 'Pre-release Access' refers to the practice whereby official statistics in their final form, and any accompanying written commentary, are made available to an eligible person in advance of their publication. The rules and principles which govern pre-release access are featured within the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008.

Besides ONS staff, the following persons are given pre-release access by the period indicated before release.

Access granted to Organisation Period
Analyst Department of Health 21 hours
Team Leader Drugs, Alcohol & Sexual and Reproductive Health Department of Health 21 hours
Press Officer Department of Health 21 hours
Briefing Official (Senior Civil Servant) Department of Health 21 hours
Secretary of State for Health Department of Health 21 hours
Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Public Health & Innovation Department of Health 21 hours
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation Department of Health 21 hours
Special Advisor Department of Health 21 hours
Chief Executive Public Health England 21 hours
Private Secretary to Chief Executive Public Health England 21 hours
Director of Health and Wellbeing Public Health England 21 hours
Deputy Head of Indicators and Risk Factors Intelligence Public Health England 21 hours
Communications Officer Public Health England 21 hours
Principal Public Health Analyst Public Health England 21 hours
Tobacco Control Programme Lead Public Health England 21 hours
Principal Statistician Department of Health Northern Ireland 21 hours
Deputy Principal Statistician Department of Health Northern Ireland 21 hours