Paper (to note) 9 - Additional information from Public Health Wales

Smoking Cessation rates in Wales and in England 2007-11

Table 1: Adults' reported smoking behaviour, by age and sex, Welsh Health Survey, 2007 (percent)

Table 2: Adults' reported smoking behaviour, by age and sex, Welsh Health Survey, 2008 (percent)

Table 3: Adults' reported smoking behaviour, by age and sex, Welsh Health Survey, 2009 (percent)

Table 4: Adults' reported smoking behaviour, by age and sex, Welsh Health Survey, 2010 (percent)

		by sex:		by age:
		Men 16+	Women 16+	16-44	45-64	65+	All 16+
Smoking behaviour:
Daily smoker		21	18	24	19	10	19
Occasional smoker		4	4	5	3	2	4
Smoker (c)		25	22	29	23	12	23
Ex-daily smoker		18	13	8	19	27	16
Ex-occasional smoker		11	12	9	11	18	12
Ex-smoker (d)		30	25	17	30	44	27
Never smoked		46	53	54	47	43	50
Non-smoker (e)		75	78	71	77	88	77

Location of smoking (smokers):
Outdoors		93	91	95	91	78	92
Indoors:		78	77	74	82	84	78
	At own home	61	64	52	72	82	62
	In other people's homes	29	30	37	20	12	30
	Whilst travelling by car	53	42	51	49	25	48
	Other places indoors	23	18	23	18	11	20

Passive smoking (non-smokers):
Indoors or outdoors		31	34	42	29	19	33
Outdoors		22	24	31	20	12	23
Indoors		20	23	29	19	12	21
	At own home	7	7	8	7	4	7
	In other people's homes	13	16	21	12	6	15
	Whilst travelling by car	5	6	8	5	2	6
	Other places indoors	6	6	9	5	4	6

Give up smoking:
Would like to give up smoking		69	71	72	70	54	70
Tried giving up smoking in past 12 months		38	38	40	36	34	38

Table 5: Adults' reported smoking behaviour, by age and sex, Welsh Health Survey, 2011 (percent)

		by sex:		by age:
		Men 16+	Women 16+	16-44	45-64	65+	All 16+
Smoking behaviour:
Daily smoker		20	18	23	21	9	19
Occasional smoker		4	4	5	3	2	4
Smoker (c)		24	21	28	24	11	23
Ex-daily smoker		18	13	8	18	26	15
Ex-occasional smoker		12	13	10	12	19	12
Ex-smoker (d)		29	26	17	29	45	27
Never smoked		47	53	55	47	44	50
Non-smoker (e)		76	79	72	76	89	77

Location of smoking (smokers):
Outdoors		94	93	95	93	86	94
Indoors:		77	74	73	78	81	75
	At own home	59	59	49	69	76	59
	In other people's homes	30	28	37	19	13	29
	Whilst travelling by car	52	43	50	49	29	48
	Other places indoors	23	14	21	16	15	19

Passive smoking (non-smokers):
Indoors or outdoors		31	32	40	29	18	31
Outdoors		22	23	29	21	11	22
Indoors		20	21	28	18	10	20
	At own home	7	7	9	6	4	7
	In other people's homes	13	15	21	11	5	14
	Whilst travelling by car	5	6	8	4	2	5
	Other places indoors	6	6	7	5	4	6

Give up smoking:
Would like to give up smoking		68	70	71	70	56	69
Tried giving up smoking in past 12 months		35	40	39	37	33	38

Table 6: Adults' Self-reported cigarette smoking status, by survey year and sex, Health Survey (England), 2011

Cigarette smoking status	Survey year
	2003^a	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
MEN
Never regularly smoked cigarettes	45	47	45	49	48	49	49	50	49
Used to smoke cigarettes regularly	28	29	28	27	28	27	27	28	28
Current smoker	27	24	27	24	24	24	24	22	23
Cigarette smokers
Under 10 cigarettes a day	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	7	9
10 to under 20 cigarettes a day	10	9	11	9	9	10	10	9	9
20 or more cigarettes a day	9	7	8	7	7	7	6	6	5
Number smoked a day not known	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Median per current smoker per day	14	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	10
WOMEN
Never regularly smoked cigarettes	56	56	56	57	58	58	58	59	59
Used to smoke cigarettes regularly	20	22	20	22	21	22	22	23	22
Current smoker	24	23	24	21	21	20	20	18	19
Cigarette smokers
Under 10 cigarettes a day	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
10 to under 20 cigarettes a day	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
20 or more cigarettes a day	7	6	6	5	4	4	5	4	3
Number smoked a day not known	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0
Median per current smoker per day	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
ALL ADULTS
Never regularly smoked cigarettes	51	51	51	53	53	54	53	55	54
Used to smoke cigarettes regularly	24	25	24	24	25	25	24	25	25
Current smoker	25	23	25	23	22	22	22	20	21
Cigarette smokers
Under 10 cigarettes a day	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	8
10 to under 20 cigarettes a day	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	9
20 or more cigarettes a day	8	7	7	6	6	5	6	5	4
Number smoked a day not known	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Median per current smoker per day	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10

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