Smoking
(asked on 18th May 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of smoking is in England among people over the age of 18.
This question was answered on 24th May 2016
In 2015, figures showed smoking prevalence rates in adults and 15 year olds in England to be at 18% and 8% respectively. The most recent quarterly information on prevalence of smoking among pregnant women, published in March, show this to be 10.6%.
Smoking prevalence is at its lowest ever level with official figures showing that the Government met each of the targets set out in its Tobacco Control Plan – Healthy Lives, Healthy People. A new Tobacco Control Plan is currently being developed.