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	Equivalised annual household income quintile
	1^st (highest)	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th (lowest)
	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Current cigarette smoker^a	14	20	25	30	41
Ex-regular cigarette smoker	24	27	25	25	18
Never regular cigarette smoker/never smoked at all	63	52	50	46	40
Mean per current smoker per day	14.6	14.6	14.1	13.6	16.1
Standard error of the mean	1.22	1.12	0.72	0.72	0.69
Women
Current cigarette smoker^a	14	15	21	32	39
Ex-regular cigarette smoker	19	21	23	19	20
Never regular cigarette smoker/never smoked at all	68	64	56	49	41
Mean per current smoker per day	13.4	12.2	13.1	14.0	13.8
Standard error of the mean	1.90	1.02	0.82	0.62	0.59
All adults
Current cigarette smoker^a	14	18	23	31	40
Ex-regular cigarette smoker	21	24	24	22	19
Never regular cigarette smoker/never smoked at all	65	58	53	48	41
Mean per current smoker per day	14.0	13.6	13.6	13.8	14.8
Standard error of the mean	1.14	0.87	0.57	0.49	0.50
Bases (weighted):
Men	810	685	569	489	450
Women	751	709	625	612	528
All adults	1561	1393	1194	1101	978
Bases (unweighted):
Men	705	604	541	486	433
Women	779	761	696	700	605
All adults	1484	1365	1237	1186	1038

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

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