Smoking

(asked on 16th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the smoking quit rate for people earning (a) £10,000 per annum or less, (b) £10,001 to £20,000 per annum, (c) £20,001 to £30,000 per annum, (d) £30,001 to £40,000 per annum and (e) £40,001 per annum and over in England in each financial year since 2010-11.


Answered by
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Steve Brine
This question was answered on 24th October 2018

The following table shows the proportion of those who said that they do not smoke cigarettes nowadays, but who have smoked cigarettes regularly in the past, by income per year in England for the years 2014 to 2017.¹

Data is not available prior to 2014 for this request.

Year

Gross Annual Personal Income²

Up to £9,9993

£10,000 - £14,999

£15,000- £19,999

£20,000 - £29,999

£30,000 - £39,999.

£40,000 or more

2014

22.2

26.5

25.8

22.0

22.7

23.9

2015

23.4

27.6

21.3

23.1

24.6

24.4

2016

24.4

26.1

24.8

25.5

27.4

29.2

2017

24.0

26.6

22.0

27.1

26.3

26.6

Weighted base 2017 (000’s)4

3,935

3,202

2,134

3,242

1,619

2,252

Unweighted sample 2017

623

527

334

463

230

279

Notes:

¹The group 'ex-smoker' contains those who said that they do not smoke cigarettes nowadays, but who have smoked cigarettes regularly in the past.

²Gross annual personal income includes all personal income before deductions.

3 The ‘up to £9,999’ group does not include people with no personal income.

4 Weighted bases are given to the nearest thousand.

Source: Opinions and Lifestyle Survey – Office for National Statistics

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