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> Smoke-free > Less than 5% Incredible milestone but when 1 in 20 is still smoking I feel like it's a bit early to call yourself smoke free.
by belval 4mo ago
> Smoke-free
> Less than 5%
Incredible milestone but when 1 in 20 is still smoking I feel like it's a bit early to call yourself smoke free.
- SoftTalker 4mo agoAs a child in the 1970s I visited family there and my memory is that it seemed like every adult and older teen smoked. Often filterless. So it's quite a change in a few decades.
- philipallstar 4mo agoI think the UK is lower than this - it's pretty unusual to see people smoking. Far less common than on the continent.
- jghn 4mo agoPerhaps that's location dependent. I was just there and was taken aback by how many more people I saw smoking than where I live in the US. Still not as much as southern or eastern Europe, but more than the large US city nearest me.
- ardentsword 4mo agoIt's low indeed, but still around 10% in 2024: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies/bulletins/adultsmokinghabitsingreatbritain/2024 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthan...
- philipallstar 4mo agoThat's higher than I would've guessed! Interesting.
- vondur 4mo agoI think everywhere in the west was like that in the 70s.
- darth_avocado 4mo agoIf 1 in 20 is smoke free, I’m declaring the 1 in 10 rate in the us as ALMOST smoke free.
- stunseed 4mo agoYeah... I live here, and I would definitely not call us smoke free. But it's gotten better.