Spotlight
Adult smoking habits in the UK: 2023
What's in the bulletin?
- Around 6.0 million people aged 18 years and over (11.9%) smoked cigarettes in the UK in 2023; this is the lowest proportion of current smokers since records began in 2011, based on our estimates from the Annual Population Survey (APS).
- Those aged 25 to 34 years had the highest proportion of current smokers (14.0%) in the UK in 2023.
- Those aged 18 to 24 years have had the largest reduction in smoking prevalence (15.9 percentage points) between 2011 (25.7%) and 2023 (9.8%).
Drug misuse in England and Wales: year ending March 2024
An overview of the extent and trends of illicit drug use. Data are from the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
Middle-aged generation most likely to die by suicide and drug poisoning
Now in their 40s and 50s, the so-called Generation X are dying in greater numbers by suicide or drug poisoning than any other age group.
Datasets related to Drug use, alcohol and smoking
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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.
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Adult drinking habits in Great Britain
Annual data for Great Britain on teetotalism, drinking in the week before survey interview, frequent drinking and units drunk, including analysis by sex, age and socioeconomic status.
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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.
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Deaths related to drug poisoning, England and Wales
Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales by cause of death, sex, age, substances involved in the death, geography and registration delay.
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Alcohol-related deaths in the UK
Annual data on age-standardised and age-specific alcohol-related death rates in the UK, its constituent countries and regions of England.
Publications related to Drug use, alcohol and smoking
Statistical bulletins
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Adult smoking habits in the UK: 2023
Cigarette smoking habits among adults in the UK, including how many people smoke, differences between population groups, changes over time and use of e-cigarettes.
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Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK: registered in 2022
Deaths caused by diseases known to be a direct consequence of alcohol, by age, sex, and region.
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Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2023 registrations
Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales from 1993 to 2023, by cause of death, sex, age and substances involved in the death.
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Integrated Household Survey (Experimental statistics): January to December 2014
Sexual identity, smoking prevalence and perceived general health using data from the Integrated Household Survey.
Articles
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Likelihood of smoking four times higher in England’s most deprived areas than least deprived
A person’s likelihood of smoking increased in line with the level of deprivation in their neighbourhood, new analysis reveals.
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Middle-aged generation most likely to die by suicide and drug poisoning
Now in their 40s and 50s, the so-called Generation X are dying in greater numbers by suicide or drug poisoning than any other age group.
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More than half of heroin/morphine misuse death hotspots in England and Wales are seaside locations
Some of England and Wales's favourite seaside resort areas are now among the towns with the highest rates of deaths from the misuse of heroin/morphine.
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Drug-related deaths and suicide in prison custody in England and Wales
The risk of suicide and drug-related deaths among prisoners, based on confidential matching of data from HM Prison and Probation Service and Office for National Statistics mortality records.