Hand Rolling up Sharply in England

Source from:  tobaccoreporter.com Oct 28, 2008 10/29/2008

The incidence of cigarette smoking in England is continuing to fall, according to data from the General Household Survey recently released by the National Health Service. The prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults aged 16 and over fell from 24 per cent during 2005 to 22 per cent during 2006. It was 39 per cent in 1980. Those aged 20 to 24 reported the highest prevalence of cigarette smoking, 31 per cent, while those aged 60 and over reported the lowest, 12 per cent. The incidence of smoking among men, at 23 per cent, is still higher than among women, 21 per cent, but the gap is narrowing. Smokers currently consume an average of 13.5 cigarettes a day. The proportions of tobacco consumers who smoked mainly hand-rolled tobacco in 2006, at 34 per cent in the case of men and 17 per cent in the case of women, were sharply up from the equivalent figures reported in 1990, when 18 per cent of men and two per cent of women said they mainly smoked hand-rolled cigarettes. Enditem