HC Deb 24 November 2000 vol 357 c353W
Mr. Brady

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the adult population smoked tobacco in each of the last five years. [138824]

Yvette Cooper

The latest available data are shown in the table:

Prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults aged 16 years and over, by gender—England 1994–98
Percentage
Persons Men Women
1994 26 28 25
1996 28 28 27
1998 27 28 26

Notes:

1. Data rounded to the nearest whole figure

2. Directly comparable information is not available for 1995, 1997 or 1999

Source:

ONS Living in Britain: Results from the 1998 General Household Survey