Britons still smoke an astonishing number of cigarettes every year
If you’re from these UK areas, you’re more likely to smoke
- A new analysis estimates 28.6 billion cigarettes are smoked in Britain annually, highlighting stark inequalities in consumption across the country.
- The study, by Cancer Research UK and UCL, found people from more deprived backgrounds and regions like the North East and Scotland smoke more cigarettes daily.
- Despite overall declining smoking rates, England is projected to miss its 2030 smokefree target, potentially not achieving it until 2039.
- Charities are urging the Government to prioritise the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which aims to prevent anyone born after 1 January 2009 from legally smoking.
- Concerns are growing over the Bill's slow progress through Parliament, with billions of cigarettes smoked since its reintroduction in the Commons.