Adults who smoke, by region
Percentage of adults aged 18 and over who currently smoke, England and its regions, from the Annual Population Survey.
England, persons
9.51%
2025
Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:22 UTCSource: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
10 rows
| Category | Persons |
|---|---|
| England | 9.51% |
| East Midlands | 9.93% |
| East of England | 8.88% |
| London | 8.4% |
| North East | 9.69% |
| North West | 10.26% |
| South East | 8.67% |
| South West | 9.24% |
| West Midlands | 10.4% |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 11.35% |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
- Check it yourself
- https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/search/92443
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 1 November 2026, 12:17 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/api/all_data/csv/by_indicator_id?indicator_ids=92443&child_area_type_id=6&parent_area_type_id=15SHA-256 94144e8cee545083b571d6a3765eaa746196539e6c21f7cd7bd3a9302a5f1940 · 1,569,910 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:22 UTC Run at 1 November 2026, 12:22 UTC; 10 of 10 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Office for Health Improvement and Disparities; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-01T12:17:10Z; 1 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 1 of 1 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 10 of 10 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 10 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 10 of 10 figures match exactly after downloading 1 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | Fingertips single-indicator export agrees | 10 of 10 figures for 2025 match https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/api/all_data/csv/for_one_indicator?indicator_id=92443&child_area_type_id=6&parent_area_type_id=15 |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/search/92443 – HTTP 200 |