The number of current smokers in population of the UK decreased significantly from 2011 to 2019. As of 2019, the number of men smoking amongst the total population of the UK was approximately 16 percent, compared to 22.4 percent in 2011. Similarly with women in 2019, those that currently smoked in the U.K. was only 12.5 percent, compared to approximately 18 percent in 2011.
Share of the population that were current smokers in the United Kingdom in 2019, by gender
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 was 205,978, and the "currently smoking" percentage of that population (sorted by gender) was 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 gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 11, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189259/uk-population-of-current-smokers-by-gender/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Share of the population that were current smokers in the United Kingdom in 2019, by gender." Chart. July 7, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 11, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189259/uk-population-of-current-smokers-by-gender/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2020). Share of the population that were current smokers in the United Kingdom in 2019, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 11, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189259/uk-population-of-current-smokers-by-gender/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Share of The Population That Were Current Smokers in The United Kingdom in 2019, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189259/uk-population-of-current-smokers-by-gender/
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