Adult Smoking Habits in Great Britain: Publication Dates

Adult smoking habits in Great Britain
This spreadsheet contains a selection of data tables published alongside the Office for National
Statistics' Adult smoking habits in the UK statistical bulletin.
Adult Smoking Habits in the UK: 2022
Publication dates
This spreadsheet was originally published at 9:30am 5th September 2023.
This spreadsheet will be updated on a regular basis, with the next expected to be published in
Autumn 2024.
Source
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) collects data on adult smoking habits using two surveys;
the Annual Population Survey (APS) provides headline indictors of the number of adults aged 18
years and over who smoke in the UK, and more detailed information on smoking habits and e-
cigarette users aged 16 years and over are collected in the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN).
The glossary provides short, understandable definitions for users who may not be familiar with the
terms or concepts described.
Glossary
There are a number of downloadable datasets published alongside our Adult smoking habits in the
UK statistical bulletin.
Workbooks
Smoking habits in the UK and its constituent countries
Adult smoking habits in Great Britain
Adult smoking habits in England
E-cigarette use in Great Britain
E-cigarette use in England
Cigarette and e-cigarette smoking: supplementary data
Annual Population Survey (APS)

For information on the APS, a survey that collects data on smoking for the UK for those aged 18
years and above, please refer to the Quality and Methodology Information report.
Quality and Methodology Information for the APS
Because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the data collection for the APS changed, from
mixed mode (face-to-face and telephone) to telephone only. For more information on the impact of
changes made to the Labour Force Survey, which forms a component of the APS, and the methods
used to adjust the data, please refer to:
Coronavirus and its impact on the Labour Force Survey
Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN)

For information on the OPN, a survey that collects data on smoking and e-cigarette use for Great
Britain for those aged 16 years and over, please refer to the Quality and Methodology Information
report.
Quality and Methodology Information for the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN)
In March 2020, the OPN was transformed from a monthly to weekly omnibus survey to understand
how the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is affecting life in Great Britain.
From 25 August 2021, as we moved to a period where COVID-19 restrictions had been lifted across
Great Britain, the OPN covered roughly fortnightly periods with an issued sample size of around
5,000 adults in each period to help ensure the survey remained sustainable.
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Table of contents
This worksheet contains four tables presented underneath each other with one blank row in between.
Our official estimate for the proportion who are current cigarette smokers is taken from the Annual Popu
Smoking habits in the UK and its constituent countries
Further data on the characteristics of cigarette smokers can also be found in the APS dataset above.
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Important_data_changes
Notes
Tables on the prevalence of smoking in Great Britain

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Table_1
Table_2
Table_3
Tables that present cigarette smokers specifically, including their consumption an

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Table_4
Table_5
Table_6
Confidence intervals for our latest estimates

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Table_7
contains four tables presented underneath each other with one blank row in between.
mate for the proportion who are current cigarette smokers is taken from the Annual Population Survey (APS) and c
in the UK and its constituent countries
the characteristics of cigarette smokers can also be found in the APS dataset above.
Description of content
Information on the Office for National Statistics, our smoking statistics, contact details, terms and
conditions for reuse and links to further information
This table explains important data changes as a result of the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey's (OPN's)
transformation
Some cells refer to notes which can be found in this worksheet
e prevalence of smoking in Great Britain

Proportion of cigarette smokers, by sex and age, Great Britain, 1974 to 2022
Proportion of people who have never smoked cigarettes, by sex and age, Great Britain, 1974 to 2022
Proportion of cigarette smokers who have quit, by sex and age, Great Britain, 1974 to 2022
resent cigarette smokers specifically, including their consumption and intentions to quit
Time to first cigarette of the day after waking, cigarette smokers, Great Britain, 2015 to 2022
Intention to quit among cigarette smokers, Great Britain, 2015 to 2022
Intention to quit and time to first cigarette of the day, cigarette smokers, Great Britain, 2015 to 2022
ntervals for our latest estimates

Confidence intervals for the Adult Smoking Habits estimates, Great Britain, 2015 to 2022
PS) and can be found in the dataset named:
Transformation of the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Summary of Chang
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Back to table of contents.
Background
As part of the Census and Data Collection Transformation Programme (CDCTP) in ONS, the
method for collecting Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) questionnaire responses is being
transformed to mixed-mode (online first with telephone follow up) data collection, where previously,
prior to 2018, data were collected using a face-to-face interview. The table below outlines key
changes to data, and how these have impacted comparability over time; for these estimates, we
recommend caution when comparing data across the time series. Further information on the pilot
studies that were conducted to investigate the impact of the OPN transformation on its outputs can
be found via the below link.
Opinions and Lifestyle Survey: mixed mode pilot analysis
Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on the OPN survey:
In March 2020, OPN was transformed to a weekly omnibus survey to understand how the
coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is affecting life in Great Britain, resulting in a larger sample size.
Great Britain, the OPN covered roughly fortnightly periods. Data from the OPN was not impacted by
a change in survey mode during the pandemic and estimates are consistent with those published
previously. However, the questions related to smoking habits and electronic cigarette use were
greatly reduced. For example, the questions on frequency of use and average daily e-cigarette
consumption have been temporarily discontinued. Unlike questions on cigarette smoking, which
were asked throughout 2021, questions on e-cigarette were only asked during August and
September.
Details of change
Survey questions have been transformed for online and telephone modes.
From 20 March 2020 the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) became weekly, to understand the
impact of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on life in Great Britain.
From 2018, survey respondents were asked two questions. FirstCig asks whether cigarette smokers
had their first cigarette 1) within two hours of waking up, or 2) more than 2 hours after waking up.
FirstCigb was then asked to those who said they had their first cigarette within two hours of waking,
to get further detail on timings. Previously, prior to 2018, all of the time break downs detailed in
Table 6 were measured using a single question.
From 2018, survey respondents were asked three questions. Quita asked cigarette smokers to what
extent they agreed with the statement, "I want to stop smoking". For those who disagreed with Quita
statement, Quitb asked how strongly they agreed with the statement, "I think I should stop smoking."
For those who agreed with the Quita statement, QuitCig asked when they were aiming to stop
smoking. Prior to 2018, all of the responses were collected using a single question.
From March 2020, survey respondents were asked two questions. Quita asked cigarette smokers to
what extent they agreed with the statement, "I want to stop smoking". For those who agreed with the
Quita statement, QuitCig asked when they were aiming to stop smoking.
As per Tables 5 and 6.

of Changes to Data
Impact for continuity (comparability over time) Table description Table

Proportion of
The latest data suggest minimal/no impact for
cigarette smokers by 1
continuity.
age and sex
The latest data suggest minimal/no impact for Proportion who have
2
continuity. never smoked
Proportion of those
The latest data suggest minimal/no impact for
who have quit 3
continuity.
smoking
Proportion of
cigarette smokers by
Unknown at present. 4
response month and
sex
The change has resulted in with more cigarette

smokers stating that they wait 2 hours or more to their
Time to first cigarette 5
first cigarette, and fewer cigarette smokers stating they
wait 1 hour but less than 2 hours to their first cigarette.
We have changed the groups included in the table to
make the data more consistent over time. Changes to
data collection in 2018 have resulted with a higher Intention to quit
6
proportion of cigarette smokers stating that they do not cigarette smoking
know whether they want to quit smoking. The latest
data suggest minimal/no impact for continuity.
Intention to quit and

As per Tables 5 and 6. 7
time to first cigarette
Notes
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Note text
The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) defines current cigarette smokers as those who said they
smoked cigarettes, even if occasionally. Current cigarette smokers are provided as a proportion of
those in the population.
People who have never smoked cigarettes refers to those who do not currently smoke, and have
never smoked cigarettes regularly. People who have never smoked cigarettes is provided as a
proportion of those in the population.
Cigarette smokers who have quit refers to those who said they have smoked cigarettes regularly,
but they do not currently smoke. Cigarette smokers who have quit is provided as a proportion of
those who have ever smoked cigarettes regularly.
Weighted estimates are available annually from 2000 onwards. Unweighted estimates are available
biennially from 1974 to 1998, though only for Great Britain and not England.
Estimates prior to 2005 are based on a fiscal year rather than a calendar year.
Estimates for 2004 and 2005 both include the period 1 January 2005 to 31 March 2005 as a result of
a change in survey period from a fiscal year to a calendar year.
Estimates for 2006 to 2011 include longitudinal data.
Due to a small sample size, some figures have been marked [u] to indicate possible unreliability.
From 2012, 16 and 17 years olds that said they do not smoke cigarettes at all nowadays were not
asked whether they had ever smoked cigarettes regularly. Therefore, from 2012 onwards, some
people fall into the 'never smoked' category who would previously have been classed as 'ex-
smoker'.
From 20 March 2020 the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) became weekly, to understand the
impact of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on life in Great Britain. As a result of this change,
the sample size was significantly increased in 2020.
Great Britain, the OPN covered roughly fortnightly periods.
Data refers to the amount of time cigarette smokers typically wait until they have their first cigarette
after waking. From 2018 the survey question used was transformed for telephone and online data
collection modes. For further information see the 'Important data changes' worksheet.
From 2018 the survey question used to measure cigarette smokers' quitting intentions was
transformed for telephone and online data collection modes. For further information see the
'Important data changes' worksheet.
The 95% lower and upper confidence limits have been provided. These form a confidence interval,
which is a measure of the statistical precision of an estimate and shows the range of uncertainty
around the calculated estimate. As a general rule, if the confidence interval around one figure
overlaps with the interval around another, we cannot say with certainty that there is more than a
chance difference between the two figures.
Table 1: Cigarette smokers [note 1]
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Some cells refer to notes which can be found on the 'Notes' worksheet.
Source: Office for National Statistics – Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, General Lifestyle Survey and Gen
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Enquiries about these data can be sent by email to: Health.Data@ons.gov.uk
Table 1a: Proportion of cigarette smokers [note 1], by sex and age, Great Britain, 1
Weight Year Men Men Men Men Men
[note 4] [note 5] aged aged aged aged aged
16 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 49 50 to 59 60 and over
Weighted 2022 [note 11] 9.9 14.4 13.7 17.3 9.0
Weighted 2021 [note 11] 13.5 17.4 16.3 16.1 8.4
Weighted 2020 [note 10] 15.9 18.4 18.7 16.4 9.8
Weighted 2019 20.7 22.8 19.0 21.8 10.4
Weighted 2018 28.0 19.1 20.3 14.5 8.8
Weighted 2017 23.9 22.5 23.7 19.4 8.6
Weighted 2016 17.2 26.3 19.6 17.4 11.1
Weighted 2015 24.1 25.4 22.3 16.5 11.4
Weighted 2014 25.2 26.5 22.5 19.8 12.4
Weighted 2013 26.4 30.4 24.2 19.6 11.9
Weighted 2012 21.9 31.9 24.9 22.4 13.0
Weighted 2011 [note 7] 24.0 25.5 25.2 20.1 14.1
Weighted 2010 [note 7] 22.2 27.6 24.9 20.5 13.4
Weighted 2009 [note 7] 23.5 27.3 26.4 21.5 14.5
Weighted 2008 [note 7] 23.7 29.6 24.5 22.8 13.1
Weighted 2007 [note 7] 26.8 29.3 25.2 22.1 12.7
Weighted 2006 [note 7] 26.4 33.5 26.2 22.6 12.9
Weighted 2005 [note 6] 29.0 33.6 29.2 25.3 14.2
Weighted 2004 [note 6] 30.2 34.6 30.9 25.8 14.9
Weighted 2003 32.9 37.7 32.1 26.4 16.1
Weighted 2002 30.5 35.8 28.9 26.7 16.7
Weighted 2001 33.3 38.0 31.2 26.4 16.4
Weighted 2000 32.6 38.7 31.1 27.2 16.4
Unweighted 1998 36.1 37.1 31.9 27.2 16.2
Unweighted 1996 35.1 38.4 30.3 28.0 17.8
Unweighted 1994 34.8 34.0 31.2 26.8 18.1
Unweighted 1992 34.8 34.3 31.9 28.2 21.0
Unweighted 1990 33.2 36.3 34.3 27.8 24.1
Unweighted 1988 33.2 36.9 37.0 32.5 25.8
Unweighted 1986 36.1 36.9 37.4 35.2 28.5
Unweighted 1984 35.0 40.3 38.6 39.4 30.3
Unweighted 1982 35.8 40.2 40.2 41.6 32.8
Unweighted 1980 38.3 47.3 45.4 46.7 35.6
Unweighted 1978 40.1 48.4 48.0 47.7 38.3
Unweighted 1976 42.8 48.2 50.5 49.9 39.8
Unweighted 1974 47.4 55.1 55.3 52.8 44.5
Table 1b: Numbers of cigarette smokers [note 1], by sex and age, Great Britain, 20
Statistic Year Men Men Men Men Men
aged aged aged aged aged
Weighted base
(in thousands) 2022 3,407 4,337 5,958 4,156 7,773
Unweighted
sample 2022 1,651 2,282 4,105 3,974 16,962
nk row in between.
style Survey and General Household Survey
e, Great Britain, 1974 to 2022

Men Women Women Women Women Women Women
aged aged aged aged aged aged aged
16 and over 16 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 49 50 to 59 60 and over 16 and over
12.5 11.0 13.3 10.0 12.5 6.8 10.0
13.7 12.7 16.1 13.3 13.6 7.0 11.7
15.3 14.4 17.9 15.1 16.1 9.1 13.7
17.9 15.2 20.8 14.3 14.6 8.7 13.8
17.0 18.4 22.3 16.9 15.8 11.3 16.2
18.7 15.7 21.3 18.6 15.6 8.0 15.0
17.7 16.0 19.6 16.9 12.8 10.2 14.5
19.1 22.9 23.0 18.3 15.6 9.4 16.6
20.4 20.9 21.8 19.6 18.0 10.6 17.2
21.6 20.3 20.4 19.7 18.9 9.6 16.8
22.2 22.6 22.7 21.4 19.3 12.3 18.8
21.0 24.5 21.2 22.8 18.3 12.2 18.8
20.9 23.8 25.4 22.6 19.6 13.1 19.8
22.0 26.0 23.9 23.2 20.5 13.5 20.2
21.6 28.9 25.3 23.3 20.5 12.4 20.6
22.1 25.4 23.2 22.7 20.5 12.1 19.7
23.2 24.7 26.2 24.6 22.1 12.1 20.9
25.3 28.0 29.0 25.9 23.5 13.3 22.7
26.4 27.7 28.2 28.0 22.5 13.6 23.0
28.0 30.2 31.4 28.2 23.2 14.1 24.2
26.8 34.2 32.6 27.4 24.3 14.2 25.0
28.3 33.1 30.9 27.7 25.1 17.3 25.6
28.5 32.0 32.4 27.3 27.6 15.4 25.5
28.2 35.3 33.0 28.4 27.2 15.7 26.1
28.6 34.1 34.2 29.9 26.0 18.8 27.5
28.2 33.7 30.2 28.0 26.5 16.7 25.6
29.4 32.3 33.7 29.5 29.4 18.9 27.6
31.0 35.7 34.1 32.8 29.2 19.5 29.1
32.9 33.3 34.6 34.9 33.6 21.3 30.4
34.6 34.6 35.3 34.1 35.1 22.1 31.0
36.3 34.5 35.8 35.8 38.9 22.5 32.1
37.8 35.0 36.8 37.8 39.9 23.1 33.1
42.4 36.5 44.0 42.6 43.8 24.0 36.8
44.5 38.2 42.4 42.7 42.3 24.0 36.6
46.2 40.2 42.9 45.3 46.0 24.0 38.0
51.4 41.3 46.9 49.0 48.2 25.5 40.7
Great Britain, 2022

25,630 3,259 4,269 6,127 4,208 8,809 26,672
1,651 2,110 3,253 5,346 4,780 19,864 2,282

All persons All persons All persons All persons All persons All persons
aged aged aged aged aged aged
16 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 49 50 to 59 60 and over 16 and over
10.5 13.8 11.8 14.9 7.9 11.2
13.1 16.8 14.8 14.8 7.7 12.7
15.2 18.1 16.9 16.3 9.4 14.5
18.3 21.8 16.5 18.4 9.5 15.8
23.6 20.8 18.6 15.2 10.2 16.6
19.9 21.9 21.1 17.5 8.3 16.8
16.6 23.0 18.2 15.0 10.6 16.1
23.5 24.2 20.3 16.0 10.4 17.8
23.1 24.2 21.0 18.9 11.4 18.8
23.4 25.5 22.0 19.2 10.7 19.2
22.2 27.4 23.2 20.8 12.6 20.4
24.2 23.2 23.9 19.2 13.1 19.8
23.1 26.4 23.7 20.0 13.2 20.3
24.8 25.5 24.7 21.0 14.0 21.0
26.4 27.3 23.9 21.6 12.7 21.1
26.1 26.1 23.9 21.3 12.4 20.9
25.5 29.6 25.3 22.4 12.4 22.0
28.5 31.2 27.5 24.4 13.7 23.9
28.9 31.2 29.3 24.1 14.2 24.6
31.5 34.4 30.0 24.7 15.0 26.0
32.5 34.2 28.1 25.5 15.3 25.9
33.2 34.4 29.4 25.7 16.9 26.9
32.3 35.5 29.2 27.4 15.8 27.0
35.7 34.9 30.0 27.2 15.9 27.1
34.6 36.1 30.1 27.0 18.3 28.0
34.2 31.8 29.5 26.7 17.3 26.8
33.5 33.9 30.7 28.9 19.8 28.4
34.6 35.2 33.5 28.5 21.5 30.0
33.2 35.7 35.9 33.0 23.2 31.6
35.3 36.1 35.7 35.1 24.8 32.7
34.7 37.9 37.1 39.1 25.8 34.0
35.4 38.4 38.9 40.7 27.2 35.3
37.4 45.6 43.9 45.1 28.8 39.4
39.1 45.3 45.3 44.9 29.9 40.2
41.5 45.4 47.8 47.8 30.5 41.8
44.3 50.9 52.0 50.4 33.3 45.6
6,665 8,607 12,085 8,363 16,582 52,302
1,651 2,282 4,105 3,974 16,962 1,651

Table 2: People who have never smoked cigarettes [note 2]
Table 2a: Proportion of people who have never smoked cigarettes [note 2], by sex
[note 9] 16 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 49 50 to 59 60 and over
Weighted 2022 [note 11] 86.5 71.8 59.2 51.7 46.4
Weighted 2021 [note 11] 82.9 66.1 57.7 53.3 46.4
Weighted 2020 [note 10] 80.1 67.5 54.7 51.9 44.2
Weighted 2019 76.1 61.3 52.6 52.1 43.6
Weighted 2018 69.5 66.5 49.0 48.4 46.5
Weighted 2017 68.8 60.8 50.9 53.8 46.0
Weighted 2016 77.6 56.2 54.3 59.2 43.7
Weighted 2015 68.2 60.2 58.2 57.6 44.8
Weighted 2014 69.7 56.0 54.3 55.5 45.0
Weighted 2013 70.6 52.6 53.4 55.1 44.7
Weighted 2012 74.8 54.3 56.1 53.1 42.7
Weighted 2011 [note 7] 70.1 59.8 53.2 53.4 40.8
Weighted 2010 [note 7] 72.0 55.7 51.7 49.6 40.5
Weighted 2009 [note 7] 72.3 56.0 49.9 47.6 37.9
Weighted 2008 [note 7] 69.5 53.5 50.2 45.9 37.2
Weighted 2007 [note 7] 68.3 53.8 53.3 44.9 38.4
Weighted 2006 [note 7] 66.4 50.6 53.9 46.3 38.4
Weighted 2005 [note 6] 65.9 52.7 51.8 40.8 35.2
Weighted 2004 [note 6] 63.4 50.2 49.5 40.3 34.6
Weighted 2003 61.1 49.0 48.3 41.3 34.0
Weighted 2002 64.0 50.8 51.3 38.1 31.8
Weighted 2001 59.6 47.4 49.0 37.6 36.3
Weighted 2000 61.8 48.9 48.8 36.8 31.5
Unweighted 1998 57.2 49.6 46.3 32.0 29.9
Unweighted 1996 57.1 48.9 42.8 31.5 27.6
Unweighted 1994 59.0 50.4 42.0 33.2 26.9
Unweighted 1992 58.2 49.6 38.6 30.6 24.0
Unweighted 1990 60.3 48.0 33.8 30.6 24.1
Unweighted 1988 59.8 45.7 31.7 26.0 21.6
Unweighted 1986 55.5 43.3 30.0 26.5 18.9
Unweighted 1984 58.5 39.2 30.5 23.8 21.8
Unweighted 1982 57.5 39.3 27.9 19.8 20.3
Unweighted 1980 55.0 34.4 27.4 17.8 19.1
Unweighted 1978 53.2 33.5 25.9 17.0 18.5
Unweighted 1976 49.2 32.2 22.7 17.7 17.5
Unweighted 1974 42.6 27.1 24.0 16.5 18.4
Table 2b: Number of people who have never smoked cigarettes [note 2], by sex an
Weighted base
(in thousands) 2022 3,407 4,337 5,958 4,156 7,773
Unweighted
sample 2022 1,651 2,282 4,105 3,974 16,962
nk row in between.
[note 2], by sex and age, Great Britain, 1974 to 2022

59.9 85.4 72.7 67.1 58.3 60.7 66.7
58.4 82.9 68.5 62.8 59.1 60.6 64.8
56.7 80.5 65.3 61.1 57.2 58.8 62.7
54.8 79.7 63.1 59.2 54.5 57.5 61.0
54.1 75.1 60.9 59.9 58.2 55.7 60.2
54.3 79.3 60.4 59.6 62.3 59.6 62.7
55.8 76.9 62.3 60.7 60.8 58.5 62.5
56.2 70.5 62.3 57.0 60.5 60.6 61.3
54.5 72.6 61.6 60.6 61.3 61.0 62.6
53.6 72.0 63.2 60.2 58.1 61.7 62.4
54.5 73.1 63.3 62.2 60.0 61.4 63.3
52.4 69.6 60.8 55.3 58.2 57.9 58.9
51.1 69.3 57.4 55.8 57.4 57.2 58.3
49.6 65.7 57.9 55.8 56.5 55.5 57.3
48.6 63.8 57.0 57.4 56.0 56.7 57.7
49.9 67.8 60.7 57.9 54.6 58.5 59.1
49.6 67.6 57.0 57.8 53.5 58.2 58.3
47.5 64.5 56.1 56.1 51.3 57.7 56.8
45.9 65.6 57.9 54.5 50.7 58.5 56.9
45.1 61.6 52.7 55.4 50.1 56.8 55.2
45.6 58.0 50.9 55.5 50.0 55.4 54.1
45.0 57.4 52.8 53.4 51.0 53.9 53.5
44.5 59.2 54.2 54.2 48.2 56.1 54.4
41.2 57.2 53.1 52.2 48.0 55.5 53.2
39.8 57.8 53.2 51.8 48.8 53.4 52.8
40.5 57.7 55.3 51.3 51.7 54.1 53.7
38.4 60.2 51.4 48.6 49.0 52.5 51.8
37.4 57.1 52.0 47.6 50.6 53.6 51.9
35.2 60.1 49.6 44.4 47.7 54.1 51.0
33.6 57.2 48.5 45.7 46.9 55.3 50.9
33.9 58.1 48.5 46.7 43.2 55.0 50.8
32.1 57.6 48.2 47.0 40.9 57.0 51.0
30.1 56.8 43.0 44.3 39.2 56.9 48.9
28.7 55.2 43.7 44.0 39.7 59.9 49.5
26.8 52.6 44.6 43.0 39.4 62.3 49.7
24.4 48.8 41.5 40.9 38.5 63.4 48.5
ote 2], by sex and age, Great Britain, 2022

25,630 3,259 4,269 6,127 4,208 8,809 26,672
28,974 2,110 3,253 5,346 4,780 19,864 35,353

86.0 72.2 63.2 55.0 54.0 63.4
82.9 67.3 60.3 56.3 53.9 61.7
80.3 66.4 57.9 54.6 52.0 59.8
77.7 62.3 56.0 53.3 51.1 58.0
72.1 63.6 54.5 53.3 51.4 57.2
73.9 60.6 55.3 58.0 53.3 58.6
77.2 59.3 57.5 60.0 51.6 59.2
69.3 61.3 57.6 59.1 53.2 58.8
71.2 58.8 57.5 58.4 53.6 58.6
71.3 57.8 56.8 56.7 53.7 58.1
73.9 58.7 59.2 56.6 52.8 59.0
69.8 60.3 54.3 55.9 49.9 55.8
70.6 56.6 53.8 53.7 49.5 54.9
68.8 57.0 53.1 52.3 47.4 53.7
66.5 55.4 54.1 51.2 47.8 53.4
68.0 57.4 55.8 50.0 49.3 54.8
67.0 54.0 56.0 50.0 49.3 54.3
65.2 54.5 54.1 46.2 47.5 52.5
64.6 54.3 52.2 45.6 47.9 51.8
61.3 50.9 52.1 45.8 46.6 50.5
60.8 50.9 53.5 44.2 44.9 50.2
58.5 50.1 51.3 44.6 46.0 49.5
60.5 51.6 51.5 42.6 45.2 49.6
57.2 51.5 49.5 40.5 44.1 47.7
57.5 51.2 47.7 40.6 41.9 46.9
58.3 53.2 46.9 42.5 42.5 47.7
59.2 50.6 43.9 40.2 39.9 45.6
58.6 50.1 41.1 41.0 40.9 45.2
59.9 47.8 38.2 37.4 40.2 43.7
56.4 46.0 38.1 37.1 40.2 42.9
58.3 44.1 39.0 33.9 41.0 43.0
57.6 44.0 37.8 30.9 41.7 42.2
55.9 38.9 36.1 29.2 41.1 40.1
54.2 38.8 35.3 28.9 42.9 39.9
50.9 38.7 33.1 29.2 43.9 39.1
45.8 34.5 32.8 28.2 45.0 37.4
6,665 8,607 12,085 8,363 16,582 52,302
3,761 5,535 9,451 8,754 36,826 64,327

Table 3: Cigarette smokers who have quit [note 3]
Table 3a: Proportion of cigarette smokers who have quit [note 3], by sex and age,
Weighted 2022 [note 11] 26.7 49.1 66.5 64.2 83.1
Weighted 2021 [note 11] 21.3 48.8 61.5 65.5 84.3
Weighted 2020 [note 10] 20.5 43.3 58.7 65.9 82.5
Weighted 2019 [note 8] 13.3 [u] 40.9 60.0 54.4 81.5
Weighted 2018 8.4 43.0 60.3 71.9 83.5
Weighted 2017 23.3 42.5 51.7 58.1 84.0
Weighted 2016 23.6 39.9 57.1 57.3 80.4
Weighted 2015 24.0 36.2 46.5 61.1 79.4
Weighted 2014 16.7 39.8 50.9 55.6 77.4
Weighted 2013 10.1 36.0 48.0 56.4 78.6
Weighted 2012 13.3 30.3 43.2 52.3 77.3
Weighted 2011 [note 7] 19.9 36.5 46.3 56.9 76.1
Weighted 2010 [note 7] 20.3 37.8 48.6 59.3 77.5
Weighted 2009 [note 7] 15.1 37.9 47.3 58.9 76.6
Weighted 2008 [note 7] 22.2 36.1 50.6 57.8 79.1
Weighted 2007 [note 7] 15.4 36.7 45.9 59.9 79.3
Weighted 2006 [note 7] 21.3 32.2 43.3 57.9 79.1
Weighted 2005 [note 6] 14.7 28.9 39.3 57.3 78.1
Weighted 2004 [note 6] 17.4 30.4 38.8 56.8 77.2
Weighted 2003 15.3 26.2 37.9 55.1 75.5
Weighted 2002 15.2 27.2 40.6 56.8 75.5
Weighted 2001 17.5 27.7 38.8 57.8 74.2
Weighted 2000 14.4 24.2 39.2 56.9 76.1
Unweighted 1998 15.6 26.3 40.5 59.9 76.9
Unweighted 1996 18.1 25.0 47.0 59.2 75.5
Unweighted 1994 15.1 31.5 46.3 59.8 75.3
Unweighted 1992 16.5 31.9 48.0 59.3 72.4
Unweighted 1990 16.0 30.1 48.2 59.9 68.3
Unweighted 1988 17.3 32.0 45.8 56.0 67.1
Unweighted 1986 18.7 34.8 46.5 52.1 64.8
Unweighted 1984 15.7 33.5 44.4 48.3 61.1
Unweighted 1982 15.6 33.6 44.3 48.0 58.8
Unweighted 1980 14.8 27.8 37.4 43.1 56.0
Unweighted 1978 14.3 27.2 35.2 42.4 52.9
Unweighted 1976 15.4 28.7 34.1 39.0 51.3
Unweighted 1974 12.8 23.8 26.8 36.2 45.1
Table 3b: Number of cigarette smokers who have quit [note 3], by sex and age, Gre
Weighted base
(in thousands) 2022 462 1,225 2,431 2,007 4,165
Unweighted
sample 2022 216 606 1,561 1,751 8,483
nk row in between.
by sex and age, Great Britain, 1974 to 2022

68.9 24.3 51.2 69.7 70.0 82.7 70.0
67.1 26.0 48.7 64.4 66.7 82.2 66.7
64.7 25.8 48.6 61.3 62.3 77.8 63.2
60.5 24.8 [u] 43.5 65.0 67.9 79.6 64.8
63.0 26.1 43.0 57.8 62.2 74.4 59.4
59.2 24.1 46.1 53.9 58.6 80.2 59.8
60.0 30.5 47.9 56.9 67.5 75.4 61.3
56.3 22.4 38.9 57.4 60.4 76.1 57.0
55.1 23.8 43.1 50.3 53.4 72.7 53.9
53.4 27.6 44.5 50.4 54.8 74.8 55.3
51.3 16.1 38.1 43.4 51.8 68.1 48.9
55.9 19.3 45.9 49.1 56.3 70.9 54.1
57.2 22.3 40.4 48.8 53.9 69.5 52.4
56.5 24.3 43.1 47.5 53.0 69.7 52.6
57.9 19.8 41.2 45.2 53.4 71.3 51.3
55.8 21.1 41.0 45.9 54.8 70.8 51.8
54.0 23.7 39.0 41.7 52.4 71.1 49.8
51.9 20.9 33.9 41.0 51.8 68.7 47.5
51.2 19.6 33.1 38.5 54.4 67.2 46.5
49.0 21.4 33.7 36.8 53.5 67.3 46.0
50.7 18.6 33.5 38.4 51.3 68.0 45.5
48.5 22.2 34.4 40.5 48.7 62.5 44.9
48.6 21.5 29.3 40.4 46.7 65.0 44.1
52.0 17.6 29.5 40.6 47.8 64.8 44.2
52.4 19.3 27.0 37.9 49.1 59.6 41.7
52.7 20.4 32.4 42.6 45.2 63.6 44.6
52.3 18.8 30.8 42.5 42.3 60.3 42.7
50.5 16.6 28.9 37.5 40.9 57.9 39.5
49.2 16.6 31.4 37.3 35.8 53.5 37.9
47.8 19.0 31.5 37.2 33.9 50.4 36.8
45.0 17.7 30.4 32.8 31.6 49.9 34.7
44.2 17.2 28.8 28.6 32.6 46.2 32.3
39.3 15.5 22.7 23.5 27.9 44.2 28.1
37.5 14.7 24.7 23.8 29.8 40.1 27.5
36.5 14.9 22.2 20.2 24.0 36.1 24.1
31.5 14.0 19.3 16.9 21.2 30.0 20.7
sex and age, Great Britain, 2022

10,290 474 1,164 2,016 1,754 3,464 8,871
12,617 306 826 1,738 1,864 7,400 12,134

25.5 50.1 67.9 66.9 82.9 69.4
23.6 48.8 62.8 66.1 83.3 66.9
23.0 46.1 59.9 64.2 80.4 64.0
18.0 42.3 62.4 60.7 80.6 62.5
15.6 43.0 59.2 67.5 79.0 61.3
23.6 44.3 52.7 58.3 82.2 59.5
27.0 43.6 57.0 62.4 78.1 60.6
23.3 37.5 52.1 60.8 77.9 56.7
20.0 41.3 50.6 54.6 75.3 54.6
18.5 39.6 49.2 55.6 76.9 54.3
14.7 33.7 43.3 52.1 73.3 50.2
19.6 41.5 47.7 56.6 73.8 55.0
21.4 39.1 48.7 56.7 73.8 54.9
20.4 40.6 47.4 56.0 73.4 54.6
20.8 38.7 47.9 55.7 75.6 54.7
18.3 38.8 45.9 57.5 75.5 53.9
22.6 35.6 42.5 55.2 75.5 51.9
18.0 31.4 40.2 54.7 73.9 49.8
18.5 31.7 38.7 55.7 72.8 48.9
18.4 30.0 37.3 54.3 71.9 47.5
17.1 30.5 39.5 54.3 72.2 48.1
20.0 30.9 39.6 53.5 68.7 46.7
18.1 26.7 39.8 52.2 71.2 46.5
16.7 28.0 40.6 54.3 71.6 48.2
18.7 26.0 42.4 54.6 68.5 47.2
17.9 32.0 44.5 53.7 69.9 48.8
17.7 31.3 45.4 51.7 67.1 47.7
16.4 29.5 43.1 51.6 63.7 45.3
16.9 31.7 41.9 47.2 61.1 43.9
18.8 33.1 42.3 44.1 58.5 42.7
16.7 32.0 39.0 40.8 56.2 40.2
16.4 31.3 37.4 41.0 53.4 38.8
15.2 25.3 31.2 36.1 51.0 34.2
14.5 26.0 30.1 36.8 47.6 33.0
15.2 25.6 28.0 32.1 45.3 31.0
13.4 21.8 22.3 29.4 39.2 26.7
936 2,389 4,447 3,760 7,629 19,161
522 1,432 3,299 3,615 15,883 24,751

Table 4: Time to first cigarette of the day after waking, cigarette smokers
This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found on the 'Notes' worksh
Source: Office for National Statistics – Opinions and Lifestyle Survey
Back to table of contents. Year
Statistic Time to first cigarette of the day 2022 2021

after waking [note 12] [note 11] [note 11]
Proportion of cigarette smokers Less than 5 minutes 13.3 10.1
Proportion of cigarette smokers 5 to 14 minutes 20.3 23.9
Proportion of cigarette smokers 15 to 29 minutes 17.3 11.4
Proportion of cigarette smokers 30 minutes but less than 1 hour 11.8 12.2
Proportion of cigarette smokers 1 hour but less than 2 hours 11.2 9.4
Proportion of cigarette smokers 2 hours or more 26.1 33.0
Weighted base (in thousands) Cigarette smokers 1,120 6,385
Unweighted sample Cigarette smokers 205 656
igarette smokers, Great Britain, 2015 to 2022
d on the 'Notes' worksheet.
2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

[note10]
8.0 6.9 8.9 12.4 15.1 10.7
18.0 13.8 11.9 15.4 16.2 15.7
17.0 19.5 14.6 15.1 13.7 14.9
15.6 14.9 16.1 18.2 18.3 18.8
9.1 10.0 9.6 13.5 14.3 14.9
32.3 34.9 38.9 25.4 22.5 25.1
4,967 8,018 8,379 8,576 8,131 6,993
2,406 906 1,031 1,203 1,304 1,107
Table 5: Intention to quit among cigarette smokers, Great Britain, 2015 to
Back to table of contents. Year
Statistic Intention to quit [note 13] 2022
Proportion of cigarette smokers Not intending to quit 16.3

Proportion of cigarette smokers Wants to quit, but no time frame 23.4
Proportion of cigarette smokers Wants to quit in the next 3 months 22.0
Proportion of cigarette smokers Does not know either way 38.3
Weighted base (in thousands) Cigarette smokers 1,132
Unweighted sample Cigarette smokers 206
, Great Britain, 2015 to 2022
be found on the 'Notes' worksheet.
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

[note 11] [note10]
16.9 12.3 19.4 21.8 33.3 35.6 35.8
33.6 35.5 31.6 39.8 49.4 48.0 48.5
21.7 23.0 21.1 18.6 11.4 11.3 12.3
27.8 29.1 27.8 19.8 5.9 5.1 3.4
6,397 4,991 8,112 8,450 8,578 8,056 6,841
659 2,416 909 1,039 1,203 1,297 1,089
Table 6: Intention to quit and time to first cigarette of the day, cigarette s
Statistic Year Time to first cigarette

of the day after
waking [note 12]
Proportion of cigarette smokers 2022 [note 11] In first 29 minutes
Proportion of cigarette smokers 2022 [note 11] 30 minutes to 1 hour
Proportion of cigarette smokers 2022 [note 11] Over 1 hour
Proportion of cigarette smokers 2019 In first 29 minutes
Proportion of cigarette smokers 2019 30 minutes to 1 hour
Proportion of cigarette smokers 2019 Over 1 hour
Weighted base (in thousands) 2021 Cigarette smokers
Unweighted sample 2021 Cigarette smokers
arette of the day, cigarette smokers, Great Britain, 2015 to 2022
hich can be found on the 'Notes' worksheet.
a@ons.gov.uk
Intention to quit [note 13]
Not intending to Wants to quit but Intending to quit in Don't know either
quit no time frame the next 3 months way
68.5 64.6 30.3 47.3

13.8 8.8 17.7 9.2
17.7 26.6 52.0 43.5
57.1 47.0 34.6 44.9
9.4 11.6 12.6 14.4
33.5 41.4 52.8 40.6
64.9 44.4 37.6 36.3
9.6 19.9 14.0 14.1
25.5 35.7 48.4 49.6
49.2 46.6 27.9 35.4
11.2 19.8 16.0 10.9
39.6 33.7 56.1 53.7
44.9 35.4 30.2 27.1
12.0 19.2 20.4 10.4
43.1 45.4 49.4 62.5
51.5 39.9 38.6 26.0
15.1 20.8 19.7 11.9
33.4 39.3 41.7 62.1
50.0 43.7 35.7 33.8
17.0 21.0 13.7 17.0
33.1 35.3 50.6 49.2
43.4 40.7 37.9 46.1
17.2 19.6 17.5 19.3
39.4 39.8 44.6 34.6
184 253 249 433
43 51 49 62
Table 7: Confidence intervals for the Adult Smoking Habits estimates, G
LCL = lower confidence limit (95%) and UCL = upper confidence limit (95%). Please refer to [note 14].
Some shorthand is used in this table, [z] = not applicable.
Table Group
1 Men aged 16-24

1 Men aged 25-34
1 Men aged 35-49
1 Men aged 50-59
1 Men aged 60 and over
1 Women aged 16-24
1 Women aged 25-34
1 Women aged 35-49
1 Women aged 50-59
1 Women aged 60 and over
1 All persons aged 16-24
1 All persons aged 60 and over
2 Men aged 16-24
2 Men aged 25-34
2 Men aged 35-49
2 Men aged 50-59
2 Women aged 16-24
2 Women aged 25-34
2 Women aged 35-49
2 Women aged 50-59
3 Men aged 16-24
3 Men aged 25-34
3 Men aged 35-49
3 Men aged 50-59
3 Women aged 16-24
3 Women aged 25-34
3 Women aged 35-49
3 Women aged 50-59



ntervals for the Adult Smoking Habits estimates, Great Britain, 2015 to 2022
ble. Some cells refer to notes which can be found on the 'Notes' worksheet.
5%) and UCL = upper confidence limit (95%). Please refer to [note 14].
table, [z] = not applicable.
stics – Opinions and Lifestyle Survey
be sent by email to: Health.Data@ons.gov.uk
Statistic 2022 2022

Estimate LCL
Proportion of population who smoke cigarettes 9.9 8.2
Proportion of population who have never smoked cigarettes 86.5 84.5
Proportion of those who have ever smoked cigarettes who have quit 26.7 19.8
Proportion of cigarette smokers who have their first cigarette in less
than 5 minutes from waking 13.3 7.6
Proportion of cigarette smokers who have their first cigarette 5 to 14
minutes from waking 20.3 13.4
Proportion of cigarette smokers who have their first cigarette 15 to
29 minutes from waking 17.3 11.0
Proportion of cigarette smokers who have their first cigarette 30 to
59 minutes from waking 11.8 6.4
Proportion of cigarette smokers who have their first cigarette
between 1 and 2 hours from waking 11.2 4.1
Proportion of cigarette smokers who have their first cigarette 2 hours
or more from waking 26.1 18.5
Not intending to quit 16.3 10.7
Wants to quit, but no time frame 23.4 16.7
Wants to quit in the next 3 months 22.0 15.3
Does not know either way 38.3 30.2
Proportion of cigarette smokers with no intention to quit who have
their first cigarette within 29 minutes of waking 68.5 49.5
Proportion of cigarette smokers with no intention to quit who have
their first cigarette between 30 minutes and 1 hour of waking 13.8 0.0
Proportion of cigarette smokers with no intention to quit who wait
over 1 hour from waking to have their first cigarette 17.7 2.2
Proportion of cigarette smokers that want to quit with no time frame
who have their first cigarette within 29 minutes of waking 64.6 47.9
who have their first cigarette between 30 minutes and 1 hour of
waking 8.8 0.8

who wait over 1 hour from waking to have their first cigarette 26.6 9.4
Proportion of cigarette smokers intending to quit in the next 3
months who have their first cigarette within 29 minutes of waking 30.3 14.2
months who have their first cigarette between 30 minutes and 1 hour
of waking 17.7 2.9

months who wait over 1 hour from waking to have their first cigarette 52.0 33.9
Proportion of cigarette smokers that don't know their quit intentions
who have their first cigarette within 29 minutes of waking 47.3 31.4
Proportion of cigarette smokers that don’t know their quit intentions
who have their first cigarette between 30 minutes and 1 hour of
waking 9.2 2.1
Proportion of cigarette smokers that don’t know their quit intentions
who wait over 1 hour from waking to have their first cigarette 43.5 27.9
015 to 2022
2022 2021 2021 2021 2020 2020 2020 2019

UCL Estimate LCL UCL Estimate LCL UCL Estimate
11.6 13.5 12.3 14.6 22
15.9 13.1 18.7 20.7
16.1 17.4 16.2 18.6 18.4 16.0 20.9 22.8
15.0 16.3 15.4 17.2 18.7 16.7 20.8 19.0
18.9 16.1 15.0 17.2 16.4 14.4 18.4 21.8
9.7 8.4 8.0 8.9 9.8 8.9 10.6 10.4
13.1 13.7 13.3 14.1 15.3 14.4 16.1 17.9
12.6 12.7 11.6 13.7 14.4 11.9 17.0 15.2
14.8 16.1 15.1 17.2 17.9 15.2 20.5 20.8
11.0 13.3 12.5 14.1 15.1 13.0 17.2 14.3
13.7 13.6 12.6 14.6 16.1 14.2 18.1 14.6
7.3 7.0 6.6 7.4 9.1 8.0 10.3 8.7
10.4 11.7 11.4 12.0 13.7 12.9 14.6 13.8
11.6 13.1 12.3 13.9 15.2 13.3 17.1 18.3
15.0 16.8 16.0 17.5 18.1 16.3 20.0 21.8
12.6 14.8 14.2 15.4 16.9 15.4 18.3 16.5
15.9 14.8 14.1 15.5 16.3 14.9 17.6 18.4
8.2 7.7 7.4 8.0 9.4 8.7 10.1 9.5
11.6 12.7 12.4 12.9 14.5 13.9 15.1 15.8
88.4 82.9 81.7 84.2 80.1 77.1 83.0 76.1
74.0 66.1 64.6 67.5 67.5 64.5 70.4 61.3
61.0 57.7 56.5 58.9 54.7 52.2 57.1 52.6
53.8 53.3 51.9 54.7 51.9 49.3 54.6 52.1
47.4 46.4 45.7 47.2 44.2 42.9 45.6 43.6
60.6 58.4 57.9 58.9 56.7 55.7 57.8 54.8
87.2 82.9 81.7 84.1 80.5 77.7 83.4 79.7
74.7 68.5 67.3 69.8 65.3 62.3 68.3 63.1
68.7 62.8 61.7 63.8 61.1 58.8 63.4 59.2
60.2 59.1 57.8 60.5 57.2 54.6 59.9 54.5
61.6 60.6 59.8 61.3 58.8 57.4 60.2 57.5
67.4 64.8 64.3 65.3 62.7 61.6 63.7 61.0
87.3 82.9 82.0 83.8 80.3 78.2 82.3 77.7
73.7 67.3 66.3 68.3 66.4 64.3 68.4 62.3
64.4 60.3 59.5 61.1 57.9 56.3 59.6 56.0
56.4 56.3 55.3 57.3 54.6 52.7 56.5 53.3
54.7 53.9 53.4 54.4 52.0 51.0 53.0 51.1
63.9 61.7 61.3 62.0 59.8 59.0 60.5 58.0
33.6 21.3 18.1 24.5 20.5 14.6 26.3 13.3
53.8 48.8 46.1 51.5 43.3 37.9 48.7 40.9
69.3 61.5 59.6 63.3 58.7 55.1 62.4 60.0
67.1 65.5 63.5 67.5 65.9 62.3 69.4 54.4
84.2 84.3 83.5 85.1 82.5 81.1 83.9 81.5
70.1 67.1 66.3 67.8 64.7 63.2 66.2 60.5
29.9 26.0 22.5 29.4 25.8 18.9 32.8 24.8
55.3 48.7 46.3 51.1 48.6 43.0 54.2 43.5
72.3 64.4 62.5 66.2 61.3 57.1 65.5 65.0
72.7 66.7 64.7 68.8 62.3 58.5 66.0 67.9
83.8 82.2 81.3 83.1 77.8 75.5 80.2 79.6
71.1 66.7 66.0 67.5 63.2 61.4 65.0 64.8
29.9 23.6 21.2 25.9 23.0 18.5 27.5 18.0
53.2 48.8 46.9 50.6 46.1 42.2 49.9 42.3
69.9 62.8 61.5 64.1 59.9 57.2 62.7 62.4
68.9 66.1 64.6 67.5 64.2 61.6 66.7 60.7
83.7 83.3 82.7 83.9 80.4 79.0 81.7 80.6
70.2 66.9 66.4 67.5 64.0 62.9 65.1 62.5
19.0 10.1 7.1 13.2 8.0 6.1 10.0 6.9
27.2 23.9 19.4 28.3 18.0 15.7 20.3 13.8
23.7 11.4 8.6 14.2 17.0 14.5 19.4 19.5
17.1 12.2 9.6 14.9 15.6 13.3 17.9 14.9
18.3 9.4 6.2 12.6 9.1 7.3 10.8 10.0
33.7 33.0 28.4 37.6 32.3 29.5 35.2 34.9

21.9 16.9 13.1 20.7 12.3 10.2 14.5 19.4
30.2 33.6 28.8 38.4 35.5 32.4 38.7 31.6
28.6 21.7 17.7 25.6 23.0 20.5 25.5 21.1
46.4 27.8 23.3 32.4 29.1 26.2 32.0 27.8
87.4 57.1 44.5 69.6 64.9 56.3 73.4 49.2
28.4 9.4 4.0 14.9 9.6 5.7 13.6 11.2
33.2 33.5 21.1 45.9 25.5 17.6 33.4 39.6
81.3 47.0 38.5 55.5 44.4 38.7 50.0 46.6
16.8 11.6 7.0 16.2 19.9 15.4 24.5 19.8
43.7 41.4 32.7 50.1 35.7 30.3 41.1 33.7

46.4 34.6 24.8 44.4 37.6 31.6 43.6 27.9
32.6 12.6 6.6 18.6 14.0 9.3 18.7 16.0
70.1 52.8 42.8 62.8 48.4 42.3 54.6 56.1
63.1 44.9 34.6 55.2 36.3 30.7 41.8 35.4
16.3 14.4 8.8 20.1 14.1 10.4 17.8 10.9
59.1 40.6 30.4 50.9 49.6 43.8 55.3 53.7

2019 2019 2018 2018 2018 2017 2017 2017
LCL UCL Estimate LCL UCL Estimate LCL UCL
12.7 28.8 28.0 18.5 37.4 23.9 17.9 29.9
15.7 30.0 19.1 13.7 24.6 22.5 17.8 27.3
14.7 23.3 20.3 16.4 24.1 23.7 20.3 27.1
16.8 26.8 14.5 11.5 17.5 19.4 15.9 22.8
8.6 12.2 8.8 6.9 10.8 8.6 6.9 10.3
15.9 19.8 17.0 15.0 19.0 18.7 16.9 20.4
8.0 22.4 18.4 11.5 25.3 15.7 10.2 21.3
14.7 27.0 22.3 16.7 27.9 21.3 17.7 25.0
10.1 18.5 16.9 13.4 20.4 18.6 15.8 21.5
10.8 18.4 15.8 12.0 19.6 15.6 12.5 18.7
7.2 10.1 11.3 9.2 13.5 8.0 6.5 9.5
12.1 15.4 16.2 14.4 18.0 15.0 13.6 16.4
12.8 23.8 23.6 17.5 29.7 19.9 15.7 24.1
17.3 26.2 20.8 16.8 24.7 21.9 19.0 24.9
13.7 19.4 18.6 16.0 21.2 21.1 18.8 23.4
15.2 21.5 15.2 12.8 17.6 17.5 15.1 19.9
8.4 10.5 10.2 8.7 11.6 8.3 7.1 9.4
14.7 16.8 16.6 15.2 17.9 16.8 15.6 17.9
67.6 84.5 69.5 60.1 78.8 68.8 62.2 75.5
53.2 69.5 66.5 60.0 72.9 60.8 55.4 66.1
46.6 58.5 49.0 44.5 53.5 50.9 46.9 54.9
46.3 58.0 48.4 43.5 53.2 53.8 49.4 58.2
40.7 46.5 46.5 43.3 49.8 46.0 42.8 49.2
52.3 57.3 54.1 51.7 56.4 54.3 52.2 56.4
71.6 87.9 75.1 67.3 83.0 79.3 73.3 85.2
56.0 70.2 60.9 54.6 67.3 60.4 56.2 64.6
53.8 64.6 59.9 55.8 64.0 59.6 56.0 63.2
49.2 59.7 58.2 53.1 63.2 62.3 58.3 66.2
54.9 60.2 55.7 52.7 58.7 59.6 57.0 62.3
58.8 63.2 60.2 58.0 62.4 62.7 60.9 64.5
71.8 83.6 72.1 65.8 78.4 73.9 69.2 78.6
57.1 67.5 63.6 59.1 68.1 60.6 57.1 64.1
52.1 59.9 54.5 51.5 57.5 55.3 52.6 58.0
49.4 57.2 53.3 49.7 56.9 58.0 55.0 61.0
49.2 53.0 51.4 49.2 53.7 53.3 51.2 55.4
56.4 59.5 57.2 55.6 58.8 58.6 57.2 60.0
0.0 27.3 8.4 0.2 16.6 23.3 12.6 34.1
27.9 54.0 43.0 31.7 54.2 42.5 34.0 51.0
51.7 68.2 60.3 53.8 66.7 51.7 46.1 57.3
46.1 62.7 71.9 66.4 77.4 58.1 51.8 64.4
78.4 84.7 83.5 80.0 86.9 84.0 81.0 87.0
57.0 63.9 63.0 59.7 66.4 59.2 56.4 61.9
4.9 44.8 26.1 13.5 38.8 24.1 11.5 36.7
31.6 55.5 43.0 32.8 53.1 46.1 39.2 53.0
56.1 73.9 57.8 50.9 64.8 53.9 48.2 59.5
60.6 75.2 62.2 54.3 70.1 58.6 51.7 65.6
76.5 82.8 74.4 70.1 78.7 80.2 76.7 83.6
61.1 68.4 59.4 55.9 62.9 59.8 57.1 62.6
6.2 29.7 15.6 8.2 23.0 23.6 15.3 31.9
33.7 50.9 43.0 35.4 50.5 44.3 39.0 49.6
56.6 68.2 59.2 54.4 63.9 52.7 48.5 56.9
55.1 66.4 67.5 62.7 72.3 58.3 53.7 63.0
78.5 82.8 79.0 76.3 81.8 82.2 79.9 84.5
60.3 64.7 61.3 58.8 63.8 59.5 57.5 61.4
4.4 9.3 8.9 6.7 11.2 12.4 10.2 14.7
10.7 16.8 11.9 9.4 14.3 15.4 13.1 17.8
15.3 23.7 14.6 12.0 17.3 15.1 12.7 17.6
11.5 18.4 16.1 12.9 19.3 18.2 15.6 20.7
6.9 13.1 9.6 7.0 12.2 13.5 11.0 15.9
30.1 39.8 38.9 34.1 43.6 25.4 22.5 28.3

15.1 23.8 21.8 18.0 25.7 33.3 28.6 38.0
27.1 36.2 39.8 35.2 44.5 49.4 42.0 56.9
16.9 25.3 18.6 15.3 21.9 11.4 8.1 14.6
22.9 32.8 19.8 16.0 23.5 5.9 4.1 7.6
36.6 61.7 44.9 35.0 54.7 51.5 45.9 57.1
5.4 17.1 12.0 7.0 17.0 15.1 11.4 18.7
26.9 52.3 43.1 32.5 53.8 33.4 28.0 38.8
38.4 54.7 35.4 28.8 42.0 39.9 35.5 44.3
13.1 26.4 19.2 13.1 25.2 20.8 17.0 24.6
26.2 41.1 45.4 37.8 53.1 39.3 34.8 43.9

18.8 37.0 30.2 21.9 38.5 38.6 28.5 48.7
8.8 23.2 20.4 12.7 28.1 19.7 11.1 28.3
45.4 66.8 49.4 40.0 58.7 41.7 31.9 51.5
25.2 45.6 27.1 18.8 35.3 26.0 13.5 38.5
3.9 18.0 10.4 4.9 15.9 11.9 0.6 23.2
42.6 64.8 62.5 53.0 72.1 62.1 47.0 77.3

2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 2015
Estimate LCL UCL Estimate LCL UCL
17.2 12.4 21.9 24.1 18.6 29.7
26.3 21.9 30.7 25.4 20.8 29.9
19.6 16.7 22.4 22.3 19.3 25.4
17.4 14.1 20.8 16.5 13.3 19.6
11.1 9.2 12.9 11.4 9.6 13.2
17.7 16.2 19.2 19.1 17.6 20.7
16.0 11.4 20.7 22.9 17.3 28.5
19.6 16.6 22.7 23.0 19.6 26.5
16.9 14.4 19.4 18.3 15.8 20.9
12.8 10.1 15.4 15.6 12.9 18.3
10.2 8.6 11.8 9.4 7.9 11.0
14.5 13.3 15.8 16.6 15.3 17.9
16.6 13.3 19.9 23.5 19.7 27.4
23.0 20.3 25.7 24.2 21.4 27.0
18.2 16.3 20.2 20.3 18.3 22.3
15.0 12.9 17.1 16.0 13.9 18.2
10.6 9.4 11.8 10.4 9.1 11.6
16.1 15.1 17.1 17.8 16.8 18.9
77.6 72.3 82.8 68.2 62.3 74.1
56.2 51.3 61.1 60.2 55.3 65.2
54.3 50.5 58.1 58.2 54.4 62.0
59.2 54.7 63.7 57.6 53.3 62.0
43.7 40.7 46.6 44.8 42.0 47.7
55.8 53.9 57.7 56.2 54.3 58.1
76.9 71.5 82.3 70.5 64.6 76.4
62.3 58.4 66.2 62.3 58.1 66.5
60.7 57.2 64.3 57.0 53.7 60.3
60.8 56.6 64.9 60.5 56.5 64.4
58.5 55.8 61.2 60.6 58.0 63.2
62.5 60.7 64.2 61.3 59.5 63.1
77.2 73.4 81.0 69.3 65.2 73.5
59.3 56.2 62.3 61.3 58.1 64.4
57.5 54.8 60.3 57.6 54.9 60.3
60.0 57.0 63.0 59.1 56.1 62.1
51.6 49.5 53.7 53.2 51.2 55.2
59.2 57.9 60.6 58.8 57.4 60.2
23.6 12.8 34.4 24.0 14.8 33.3
39.9 32.1 47.8 36.2 28.5 43.9
57.1 51.8 62.5 46.5 40.8 52.3
57.3 50.2 64.3 61.1 54.7 67.5
80.4 77.4 83.4 79.4 76.3 82.4
60.0 57.4 62.6 56.3 53.9 58.7
30.5 19.2 41.9 22.4 13.6 31.2
47.9 41.5 54.2 38.9 32.8 45.1
56.9 51.8 62.1 57.4 52.3 62.4
67.5 61.5 73.5 60.4 54.5 66.4
75.4 71.9 78.8 76.1 72.6 79.5
61.3 58.7 63.8 57.0 54.6 59.4
27.0 19.3 34.8 23.3 16.9 29.7
43.6 38.4 48.8 37.5 32.5 42.6
57.0 53.2 60.9 52.1 48.3 55.9
62.4 57.8 67.1 60.8 56.3 65.2
78.1 75.8 80.4 77.9 75.5 80.2
60.6 58.7 62.5 56.7 54.9 58.4
15.1 12.8 17.3 10.7 8.4 13.0
16.2 13.9 18.5 15.7 13.1 18.2
13.7 11.5 15.8 14.9 12.5 17.3
18.3 15.9 20.8 18.8 15.9 21.7
14.3 12.1 16.4 14.9 12.4 17.4
22.5 19.6 25.4 25.1 21.8 28.3

35.6 30.8 40.5 35.8 30.4 41.2
48.0 40.9 55.1 48.5 40.6 56.5
11.3 8.3 14.3 12.3 8.8 15.8
5.1 3.5 6.7 3.4 2.1 4.7
50.0 44.4 55.6 43.4 37.3 49.5
17.0 13.1 20.9 17.2 12.5 21.8
33.1 27.9 38.3 39.4 33.4 45.4
43.7 39.2 48.2 40.7 35.5 45.8
21.0 17.3 24.6 19.6 15.6 23.6
35.3 30.8 39.8 39.8 35.0 44.5

35.7 26.9 44.5 37.9 28.9 46.8
13.7 7.4 20.0 17.5 10.5 24.6
50.6 41.5 59.7 44.6 35.4 53.7
33.8 18.1 49.5 46.1 27.9 64.3
17.0 5.3 28.7 19.3 6.9 31.7
49.2 32.7 65.6 34.6 16.8 52.4

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Tables on the prevalence of smoking in Great Britain

Tables that present cigarette smokers specifically, including their consumption an

Confidence intervals for our latest estimates

e prevalence of smoking in Great Britain

ntervals for our latest estimates

As per Tables 5 and 6.

Impact for continuity (comparability over time) Table description Table

The change has resulted in with more cigarette

Intention to quit and

style Survey and General Household Survey

e, Great Britain, 1974 to 2022

Great Britain, 2022

25,630 3,259 4,269 6,127 4,208 8,809 26,672

1,651 2,110 3,253 5,346 4,780 19,864 2,282

6,665 8,607 12,085 8,363 16,582 52,302

1,651 2,282 4,105 3,974 16,962 1,651

style Survey and General Household Survey

[note 2], by sex and age, Great Britain, 1974 to 2022

ote 2], by sex and age, Great Britain, 2022

25,630 3,259 4,269 6,127 4,208 8,809 26,672

28,974 2,110 3,253 5,346 4,780 19,864 35,353

6,665 8,607 12,085 8,363 16,582 52,302

3,761 5,535 9,451 8,754 36,826 64,327

style Survey and General Household Survey

by sex and age, Great Britain, 1974 to 2022

sex and age, Great Britain, 2022

10,290 474 1,164 2,016 1,754 3,464 8,871

12,617 306 826 1,738 1,864 7,400 12,134

936 2,389 4,447 3,760 7,629 19,161

522 1,432 3,299 3,615 15,883 24,751

Statistic Time to first cigarette of the day 2022 2021

2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

Statistic Intention to quit [note 13] 2022

Proportion of cigarette smokers Not intending to quit 16.3

2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

Statistic Year Time to first cigarette

68.5 64.6 30.3 47.3

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4 All persons aged 16 and over

4 All persons aged 16 and over

4 All persons aged 16 and over

4 All persons aged 16 and over

4 All persons aged 16 and over

4 All persons aged 16 and over

6 All persons aged 16 and over

6 All persons aged 16 and over

6 All persons aged 16 and over

6 All persons aged 16 and over

6 All persons aged 16 and over

6 All persons aged 16 and over

6 All persons aged 16 and over

6 All persons aged 16 and over

6 All persons aged 16 and over

6 All persons aged 16 and over