UK Smoking Statistics

This book is a compilation of statistics about smoking in the United Kingdom. It aims to provide a comprehensive study by amalgamating published and unpublished data from several sources, including the General Household Study carried out every two years, and the annual survey carried out on behalf of the tobacco industry.

List of contents

Total sale of tobacco products 1870-1989; Consumption of tobacco products per person and per smoker 1870-1988; Percentage of population who smoke; Smoking habits - By age; Percentage of population who smoke: Cigarette consumption; Smoking habits - By social class; Percentage of population who smoke: Cigarette consumption: Ex-smokers and persons who never smoked; Age at starting to smoke; Manufactured cigarettes - Trends in types and yields, market shares; The consumption of cigarettes by cigarette type and by tar yield; Smoking habits - By region; Tobacco tax and price; Children and smoking; Pregnant women and smoking.

Summary

This book is a compilation of statistics about smoking in the United Kingdom. It aims to provide a comprehensive study by amalgamating published and unpublished data from several sources, including the General Household Study carried out every two years, and the annual survey carried out on behalf of the tobacco industry.

Additional text

`... provides a comprehensive coverage of smoking habits in the UK over four decades' International Journal of Epidemiology

Product details

• Authors: A. Nicolaides-Bouman, Ans Nicolaides-Bouman, Ans (both at Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine Nicolaides-Bouman, Nicholas Wald, Nicholas (Professor and Head of Department Wald, Nicholas (Professor and Head of Department) Wald
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.08.1991
• EAN: 9780192616807
• ISBN: 978-0-19-261680-7
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 247 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 572 g
• Illustrations: numerous line figures and tables
• Series: Oxford Medical Publications
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; HEALTH & FITNESS / General, Epidemiology & medical statistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, Epidemiology and Medical statistics