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Adult smoking habits: Average cigarette consumption

Release date: 6 June 2024 9:30am

Summary

Adult smoking habits in the UK provides estimates for smoking prevalence and average cigarette consumption. This methodology explains how estimates have been calculated following changes in data collection for cigarette consumption.

Methodology

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest