Smoking prevalence in United-Kingdom
Adult1 (18 years+), 1996		Youth2 (11-15 year olds), 1997-1998		Physicians3, 1995
Male	29 %	Male	8 %	Males, 1985	13%
Female	28 %	Female	11 %	Females, 1997	5.4 %

¹ Smoking in England, Scotland and Wales measured by Office for National Statistics General Household Survey/"Living in Britain";
The World Cigarette Market: The 1998 Survey. (1998). ERC Statistics International Plc. [CD-ROM]. ERC.

² Daily smoking (fieldwork date for each of the four regions was different);
Currie, C. et al. (2000). Health behaviour in school-aged children: a WHO cross-national study. Health Policy for Children and Adolescents Series No. 1. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe.

³ Daily and occasional smoking;
1985 study of male physicians in collaboration with the National Order of Doctors [Bull Acad Natle Med, 177(1), 21-34] & 1997 study of female physicians in collaboration with the British Medical Association [Tavistock Square, London: Tobacco Control Resource Center, BMA House].

Deaths attributed to smoking ^*

Smoking- attributed deaths, all ages, 1955-1995 ^*





Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1990 ^*



Source: Peto, Lopez et al, 1994 (update 1998)

Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1990 *
	Males	Females	Total
Lung Cancer	92.4 %	82.3 %	89.1 %
All Cancer	39.8 %	20.3 %	30.5 %
Vascular	16.8 %	12.5 %	14.5 %
Respiratory	38.7 %	26.9 %	32.3 %
All Other	10.1 %	9.7 %	9.9 %
All Causes	25.2 %	15.8 %	20.3 %
Source:	Peto, Lopez et al, 1994 (update 1998)

Total deaths from smoking, 1950-2000 ^*

Male	Female	Total
4,700,000	1,500,000	6,200,000

Pharmaceutical treatments for tobacco dependence ^*

Dosage form	Regulatory status	Comments
Nicotine Gum 2 mg	General Sale List (OTC)	Advertised
Nicotine Gum 4 mg	Pharmacy Only	Advertised
Nicotine Patch	Pharmacy Only	Advertised
Bupropion Tablet	Prescription Only Medicines

Source: M. A. Corrao, G. E. Guindon, N. Sharma, D. F. Shokoohi, eds. Tobacco control country profiles. Atlanta : The American Cancer Society, 2000. Published for the 11th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health.


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