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
The results have been weighted to represent the entire population.
*The source does not specify the date of the survey.
**The sample size of smokers and non-smokers were 205,978, with the "currently smoking" percentage of that population used in this statistic.
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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 May 26, 2022, 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 May 26, 2022. 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: May 26, 2022. 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/
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