As of 2019, the percentage of young adults between 18 and 24 years of age who currently smoked in the UK was 16 percent. The age group in the UK with the highest amount of current smokers was those between 25 and 34 years old, at 19 percent of the total population. In the older age groups (55-64, and 65+) there was a prevalence towards reduced smoking rates compared to younger age groups.
Share of the population that were current smokers in the United Kingdom in 2019, by age
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (July 7, 2020). Share of the population that were current smokers in the United Kingdom in 2019, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 03, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189201/uk-population-of-current-smokers-by-age/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Share of the population that were current smokers in the United Kingdom in 2019, by age." Chart. July 7, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 03, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189201/uk-population-of-current-smokers-by-age/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2020). Share of the population that were current smokers in the United Kingdom in 2019, by age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 03, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189201/uk-population-of-current-smokers-by-age/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Share of The Population That Were Current Smokers in The United Kingdom in 2019, by Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189201/uk-population-of-current-smokers-by-age/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Share of the population that were current smokers in the United Kingdom in 2019, by age Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189201/uk-population-of-current-smokers-by-age/ (last visited March 03, 2021)