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Pattern of smoking in Hong Kong

Prevalence of current smokers (aged 15 and over) (%)

Year

1982

1983

1984

1986

1988

1990

Current smokers

Daily cigarette smokers 1

23.3

19.9

18.7

17.4

16.8

15.7

Ex-daily cigarette smokers 2

@

@

3.7

3.2

3.2

2.3

Year

1993

1996

1998

2000

2002
/03

2005

2007
/08

Current smokers

Daily cigarette smokers 1

14.9

14.8

15.0

12.4

14.4

14.0

11.8

Ex-daily cigarette smokers 2

2.9

4.8

3.8

3.8

2.7

4.5

5.1

Year

2010

2012

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023

Daily cigarette smokers 1

11.1

10.7

10.5

10.0

10.2

9.5

9.1

Ex-daily cigarette smokers 2

4.8

5.8

5.6

4.5

4.3

5.0

5.6

  1. "Daily cigarette smokers" referred to those persons who at the time of enumeration had a daily cigarette smoking habit (although they might not smoke on certain days because of illness or other reasons)
  2. "Ex-daily cigarette smokers" referred to those persons who previously had a daily cigarette smoking habit for a continuous period of six months or more but had given it up at the time of enumeration
@ Data not available

Prevalence of daily cigarette smokers by gender (aged 15 and over) (%)

Year

1982

1983

1984

1986

1988

1990

Gender

Male

39.7

34.4

32.8

30.6

30.0

28.5

Female

5.6

4.8

4.1

3.8

2.9

2.6

Year

1993

1996

1998

2000

2002
/03

2005

2007
/08

Gender

Male

27.2

26.7

27.1

22.0

26.1

24.5

20.5

Female

2.7

3.1

2.9

3.5

3.6

4.0

3.6

Year

2010

2012

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023

Gender

Male

19.9

19.1

18.6

18.1

18.1

16.7

16.4

Female

3.0

3.1

3.2

2.7

3.2

3.0

2.7


Prevalence of daily cigarette smokers by age (%)

Year

1982

1983

1984

1986

1988

1990

Age

15-19

4.2

3.4

2.3

4.0

3.4

4.6

20-29

17.5

14.1

14.1

13.2

12.1

12.8

30-39

25.9

21.5

19.4

18.4

19.6

16.3

40-49

32.8

26.9

24.3

22.1

21.2

20.8

50-59

35.4

31.2

29.2

25.5

23.9

21.2

60 and over

31.1

27.8

26.2

22.8

20.2

17.7

Total

23.3

19.9

18.7

17.4

16.8

15.7

Year

1993

1996

1998

2000

2002
/03

2005

2007
/08

Age

15-19

4.2

3.8

2.8

4.5

3.8

3.5

2.4

20-29

12.5

12.5

13.8

12.1

14.4

14.3

12.2

30-39

14.8

15.2

15.7

12.1

14.7

16.6

15.3

40-49

18.6

16.8

18.3

14.1

16.0

14.9

13.2

50-59

20.7

20.9

19.9

14.8

17.9

15.4

13.2

60 and over

16.3

16.1

13.9

12.9

14.0

13.2

9.2

Total

14.9

14.8

15.0

12.4

14.4

14.0

11.8

Year

2010

2012

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023
Age

15-19

2.5

2.0

1.1

1.0

#

#

#

20-29

9.7

7.7

7.9

6.7

5.7

5.9

5.5

30-39

14.4

14.3

13.2

11.2

11.6

9.5

9.7

40-49

12.7

13.4

14.0

14.5

13.4

14.2

12.6

50-59

13.1

13.0

11.9

11.5

13.5

11.7

12.7

60 and over

9.2

8.6

9.0

8.7

9.1

8.2

7.7

Total

11.1

10.7

10.5

10.0

10.2

9.5

9.1

# Figure is not released due to relatively large sampling error.

Prevalence of male daily cigarette smokers by age (%)

Year

1982

1983

1984

1986

1988

1990

Age

15-19

7.9

6.3

4.6

7.3

5.5

7.8

20-29

32.0

26.1

26.0

24.7

22.4

23.5

30-39

45.1

38.0

35.5

33.1

35.0

30.0

40-49

53.9

46.1

41.5

37.9

37.1

36.7

50-59

56.9

51.0

47.7

43.4

41.7

39.2

60 and over

51.6

45.9

45.5

38.5

35.2

31.1

Total

39.7

34.4

32.8

30.6

30.0

28.5

Year

1993

1996

1998

2000

2002
/03

2005

2007
/08

Age

15-19

7.5

5.9

4.2

6.4

5.3

4.9

3.5

20-29

23.8

23.0

24.1

19.9

23.2

20.9

18.4

30-39

28.1

29.0

30.1

23.1

28.3

29.4

25.7

40-49

34.1

30.0

33.0

26.4

30.0

27.4

24.2

50-59

34.8

35.3

35.1

26.2

33.5

28.6

24.2

60 and over

27.5

29.7

24.2

21.8

25.0

24.2

17.3

Total

27.2

26.7

27.1

22.0

26.1

24.5

20.5

Year

2010

2012

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023
Age

15-19

3.7

3.1

1.4

1.6

#

#

#

20-29

15.2

13.0

11.9

11.6

9.0

9.6

9.3

30-39

25.4

23.5

21.8

19.2

19.3

15.3

16.2

40-49

24.3

24.6

25.4

26.2

23.2

24.6

21.9

50-59

24.3

24.4

22.2

21.7

25.1

22.0

23.5

60 and over

17.1

16.3

17.3

16.9

17.5

15.7

15.3

Total

19.9

19.1

18.6

18.1

18.1

16.7

16.4

# Figure is not released due to relatively large sampling error.

Prevalence of female daily cigarette smokers by age (%)

Year

1982

1983

1984

1986

1988

1990

Age

15-19

0.4

0.3

#

0.5

1.3

1.1

20-29

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.6

1.6

2.0

30-39

2.6

3.0

1.3

1.8

2.0

2.4

40-49

6.6

3.9

3.1

2.3

1.5

1.6

50-59

11.7

9.4

8.9

6.6

3.8

2.3

60 and over

14.8

12.9

11.7

10.5

7.3

5.2

Total

5.6

4.8

4.1

3.8

2.9

2.6

Year

1993

1996

1998

2000

2002
/03

2005

2007
/08

Age

15-19

0.9

1.3

1.3

2.6

2.3

2.0

1.2

20-29

2.2

4.1

4.3

4.7

6.2

7.0

6.1

30-39

1.8

2.5

2.0

3.4

4.3

5.8

6.4

40-49

1.0

2.4

2.7

2.5

2.7

3.0

3.1

50-59

3.1

4.1

1.5

2.5

1.6

2.2

2.1

60 and over

6.4

4.0

4.4

4.9

3.6

3.0

1.7

Total

2.7

3.1

2.9

3.5

3.6

4.0

3.6

Year

2010

2012

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023
Age

15-19

1.3

0.8

0.7

#

#

#

#

20-29

4.5

2.6

4.0

1.9

2.4

2.1

1.7

30-39

5.2

6.5

5.9

4.4

5.0

4.5

3.6

40-49

2.8

4.2

4.7

5.1

5.6

5.8

5.0

50-59

1.9

1.8

2.2

2.3

3.3

3.2

4.1

60 and over

1.8

1.5

1.3

1.3

1.5

1.2

0.9

Total

3.0

3.1

3.2

2.7

3.2

3.0

2.7

# Figure is not released due to relatively large sampling error.

Percentage of daily cigarette smokers by daily consumption of cigarettes (number of cigarettes smoked per day) (%)

Year

1982

1983

1984

1986

1988

1990

Stick(s)

1 – 10

27.1

36.8

29.3

30.2

27.9

35.9

11 – 20

52.3

51.0

55.7

53.3

58.5

54.0

≧ 21

20.6

12.2

15.0

16.5

13.6

10.1

Year

1993

1996

1998

2000

2002 /03

2005

2007
/08

Stick(s)

1 – 10

43.7

39.1

37.7

44.8

46.8

53.2

48.4

11 – 20

44.5

51.7

52.3

45.4

47.0

41.9

46.9

≧ 21

11.8

9.2

10.0

9.9

6.2

4.9

4.7

Year

2010

2012

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023
Stick(s)

1 – 10

52.9

54.6

56.0

60.5

57.8

58.4

61.6

11 – 20

43.7

42.1

41.7

37.0

39.5

38.9

36.4

≧ 21

3.4

3.3

2.3

2.6

2.7

2.7

2.1

Average daily consumption of cigarettes among daily cgarette smokers by age

Year

1982

1983

1984

1986

1988

1990

Age

15-19

12

11

12

10

13

11

20-29

15

13

14

14

14

13

30-39

17

15

15

16

15

14

40-49

18

15

17

17

17

15

50-59

18

15

16

16

16

14

60 and over

15

13

13

13

13

12

Average

16

14

15

15

15

13

Year

1993

1996

1998

2000

2002
/03

2005

2007
/08

Age

15-19

11

14

13

13

12

9

11.5

20-29

11

14

15

13

13

12

12.4

30-39

13

16

17

14

14

13

13.3

40-49

14

17

17

17

15

15

14.9

50-59

13

17

18

16

16

15

15.5

60 and over

12

15

14

14

14

13

13.1

Average

13

16

16

15

14

13

13.9

Year

2010

2012

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023
Age

15-19

8.6

8.3

9.2

8.6

#

#

#

20-29

12.4

12.8

12.2

11.1

11.7

11.2

11.2

30-39

12.8

12.4

12.5

12.0

12.0

11.5

11.5

40-49

14.0

13.1

13.2

12.3

12.9

12.7

11.8

50-59

14.7

13.8

14.1

13.5

13.7

13.7

12.6

60 and over

12.7

12.8

13.2

12.4

12.4

13.0

12.5

Average

13.4

13.0

13.1

12.4

12.7

12.7

12.1

# Figure is not released due to relatively large sampling error.

Source of data: Thematic Household Survey (Pattern of Smoking) (formerly known as General Household Survey), Hong Kong Census & Statistics Department 1982 - 2023