Percentage of population who smoke including Childrens......! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Percentage of population who smoke

In Britain in 1948, when surveys of smoking began, smoking was extremely prevalent among men: 82% smoked some form of tobacco and 65% were cigarette smokers. By 1970, the percentage of cigarette smokers had fallen to 55%. From the 1970s onwards, smoking prevalence fell rapidly until the mid-1990s. Since then the rate has continued to fall slowly and in 2007 around a fifth (22%) of men (aged 16 and over) were reported as cigarette smokers. Since 2007, the rate has remained stable ( Figure 6.1). 9, 10   In 2009, only 2% of men reported being cigar smokers and less than 0.5% of men said they smoked a pipe.10   Trends in lung cancer incidence rates (shown here from 1975 onwards) reflect the trends in smoking prevalence in past years.

Smoking has never been a majority habit among women and the percentage of female smokers remained remarkably constant between 1948 and 1970 (41% in 1948 and 44% in 1970). By 2007, the percentage of women who smoke decreased to 20%. The female smoking rate has fluctuated around this level since 2007 ( Figure 6.1).
Around 10 million adults in Britain smoke cigarettes.
Recent research suggests that self-reported cigarette smoking rates may underestimate true tobacco smoking prevalence by 2.8% in England.


Smokers by Age

due to These no.'s of smoker the death rate is also too high.
and smoking in the youth age is too high.
my appeal to everyone is that plzz don't smoke, it harm our body.
and environment too.
soo Stop smoking and aware others too about its harmful effects.