Release

Adult smoking habits in the UK: 2015

Released: 7 March 2017 9:30am
Next release: June 2017

Summary

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.

Contact details

Name

Ben Windsor-Shellard

Email

mortality@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 (0)1633 456068

About the data

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  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
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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 |