Trends in Exclusive Non-Cigarette Tobacco Smoking in England: A Population Survey 2013-2023.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The UK Government intends to implement a "smokefree generation" policy prohibiting the sale of all tobacco products to people born after 2008. National surveys provide comprehensive data on cigarette smoking, but little is known about patterns of non-cigarette tobacco smoking across key population groups.

Aims and methods

Using data from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of adults in England, collected monthly between September 2013 and September 2023 (n = 196 721), we estimated time trends in exclusive non-cigarette tobacco (eg, cigar/pipe/shisha) smoking prevalence, overall and by age, gender, occupational social grade, region, ethnicity, and vaping status. Interviews were conducted face-to-face until March 2020 and via telephone thereafter.

SUBMITTER: Jackson SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11750737 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature