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The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998
Chart 2D4 Adults smoking cigarettes by sex: 1976-1994 aged 16 and over

Smoking Bar Chart

Source : General Household Survey.
Table 2D6 Smoking behaviour among secondary school children 1 by individual year of age (1996 based)

(percentage)
 

Age in years

12-15

12

13

14

15
Smoking behaviour          
Regular smoker 2

14

4

9

21

30
Occasional smoker 3

9

6

9

9

12
Used to smoke

11

8

10

14

11
Tried smoking

22

19

28

22

22
Never smoked

44

63

43

33

25
 
Base (1996=100%)

2,397

792

612

598

395

Source: Office for National Statistics
1 For further information, see : Office for National Statistics Social Survey Division. Smoking among secondary school children in 1996. London: The Stationery Office, 1997.
2 Regular smoker defined as usually smoking one or more cigarettes a week.
3 Occasional smoker defined as smoking less than one cigarette a week, on average.
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