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A comprehensive statistic resource for life and health professionals.

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Smoking

  • Around 10 million adults smoke cigerettes in Great Britain. This is about a sixth of the total UK population.
  • Smoking is highest among 20-24 years old.
  • In 1974, 51% of men and 41% of women smoked cigerettes - nearly half the adult population.
  • 21% of women and 27% of men are now ex-smokers. Surveys show that about 70% of current smokers would like to give up altogether
  • About half of all regular cigerette smokers will eventually be killed by their addiction.
  • Every year, around 114,000 smokers in the UK die from smoking related causes.
  • Smoking costs the NHS approximately £2.7 billion a year for treating diseases casued by smoking.
  • Each year about 34 million days are lost in England and Wales through sickness absence caused by smoking.

Source: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), 2008