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Drug use, smoking and drinking among young people in England in 2001
Table 9.1
Smoking behaviour, by
sex: 1982-2001
| All pupils |
England
1982-2001 |
|
| Smoking behaviour |
Year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1982 |
1984 |
1986 |
1988 |
1990 |
1992 |
1994 |
1996 |
1998 |
1999a |
2000 |
2001 |
|
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
|
| Boys |
| Regular
smoker |
11 |
13 |
7 |
7 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
| Occasional
smoker |
7 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
7 |
| Used to
smoke |
11 |
11 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
| Tried smoking |
26 |
24 |
23 |
23 |
22 |
22 |
21 |
22 |
20 |
22 |
20 |
20 |
| Never smoked |
45 |
44 |
55 |
58 |
56 |
57 |
53 |
53 |
54 |
57 |
56 |
58 |
|
| Girls |
| Regular
smoker |
11 |
13 |
12 |
9 |
11 |
10 |
13 |
15 |
12 |
10 |
12 |
11 |
| Occasional
smoker |
9 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
6 |
10 |
9 |
| Used to
smoke |
10 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
8 |
8 |
| Tried smoking |
22 |
22 |
19 |
19 |
18 |
19 |
17 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
17 |
17 |
| Never smoked |
49 |
46 |
53 |
59 |
58 |
57 |
52 |
48 |
51 |
55 |
53 |
55 |
|
| Total |
| Regular
smoker |
11 |
13 |
10 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
12 |
13 |
11 |
9 |
10 |
10b |
| Occasional
smoker |
8 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
5 |
9 |
8 |
| Used to
smoke |
10 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
| Tried smoking |
24 |
23 |
21 |
21 |
20 |
20 |
19 |
20 |
19 |
20 |
19 |
19 |
| Never smoked |
47 |
45 |
54 |
58 |
57 |
57 |
53 |
51 |
53 |
56 |
55 |
56 |
|
| Bases |
| Boys |
1460 |
1928 |
1676 |
1489 |
1643 |
1662 |
1522 |
1445 |
2311 |
4791 |
3654 |
4652 |
| Girls |
1514 |
1689 |
1508 |
1529 |
1478 |
1626 |
1523 |
1409 |
2413 |
4542 |
3407 |
4625 |
| Total |
2979 |
3658 |
3189 |
3018 |
3121 |
3295 |
3045 |
2854 |
4723 |
9333 |
7061 |
9277 |
a Questions about how
many cigarettes were smoked in the last seven days were not asked in 1999, and
pupils were not reclassified as
occasional smokers. The figures for regular smokers in 1999 are comparable with
other years, but figures for other classifications of smokers
are not. See Note 2.
b Between 2000 and 2001
smoking prevalence was 1% lower for boys and girls, but the same for the total
sample, although none of these differences were significant.
This apparent inconsistency is due to rounding prevalence for boys was
8.7% in 2000 and 8.1% in 2001, prevalence for girls was 12.1%
and 11.4%, and the total prevalence figures were 10.4% and 9.7%. Thus it can be
seen that all changes were between 0.6% and 0.7%, but that rounding
produces percentages which appear to decrease for boys and girls
separately, but remain the same for the total sample.
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