Publication - Statistics

The Scottish Health Survey 2011: Volume 1 - Adults

Annual report of the Scottish Health Survey for 2011. Volume focussing on adult health

Aged 16 and over
2011

Cigarette smoking status	NS-SEC of household reference person
	Managerial & professional	Intermediate	Small employers & own account workers	Lower supervisory & technical	Semi-routine & routine
	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Current cigarette smoker^a	16	20	17	28	37
Ex-regular cigarette smoker	23	17	24	28	23
Never regular cigarette smoker/never smoked at all	61	63	58	45	39
Mean per current smoker per day	13.0	14.4	16.0	14.0	15.7
Standard error of the mean	0.73	1.10	1.76	0.91	0.48
Women
Current cigarette smoker^a	13	22	17	26	35
Ex-regular cigarette smoker	20	23	18	20	21
Never regular cigarette smoker/never smoked at all	67	54	65	55	45
Mean per current smoker per day	11.7	11.1	13.6	12.3	14.6
Standard error of the mean	0.59	0.83	1.19	0.84	0.46
All adults
Current cigarette smoker^a	15	21	17	27	36
Ex-regular cigarette smoker	21	21	21	24	22
Never regular cigarette smoker/never smoked at all	64	58	62	49	42
Mean per current smoker per day	12.4	12.4	14.8	13.2	15.1
Standard error of the mean	0.49	0.72	1.22	0.65	0.35
Bases (weighted):
Men	1388	280	365	472	966
Women	1461	394	343	412	1175
All adults	2849	674	708	884	2141
Bases (unweighted):
Men	1207	243	362	440	925
Women	1508	425	393	463	1323
All adults	2715	668	755	903	2248

a Current cigarette smoker excludes those who reported only smoking cigars or pipes.

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