Table 9.5
Prevalence of cigarette smoking by sex and socio-economic group, 1983 to 2007-08
Persons aged 16+											Percentages
Sex and Socio-Economic Group (SEG8)	Cigarette Smokers
	1983	1990-91	1994-95	1996-97	1998-99	2000-01	2002-03	2004-05	2006-07	2007-08	Base (2007-08) = 100% 1
All
Professional	17	16	19	13	12	10	15	13	10	12	139
Employer, manager	29	25	18	23	22	17	25	21	18	17	345
Intermediate non-manual	23	26	21	20	21	18	18	17	16	16	593
Junior non manual	28	30	24	26	26	23	23	26	22	21	637
Skilled manual	39	34	29	32	32	30	27	28	28	28	640
Semi-skilled manual	39	41	39	39	39	36	35	36	35	31	615
Unskilled manual	48	42	36	40	34	39	31	44	40	35	167
No SEG, ref etc,armed forces	19	23	22	23	22	27	28	23	28	23	267
All	33	32	28	29	29	27	26	26	25	23	3,403
Males
Professional	17	21	18	13	15	9	17	11	8	11	87
Employer, manager	30	23	18	21	17	17	24	21	15	15	216
Intermediate non-manual	23	31	25	24	20	16	18	18	19	15	207
Junior non manual	40	36	30	27	25	20	27	26	17	19	139
Skilled manual	42	35	30	33	31	31	28	30	30	30	493
Semi-skilled manual	45	41	40	46	40	35	33	34	34	32	164
Unskilled manual	51	44	40	49	36	42	30	49	38	34	71
No SEG, ref etc,armed forces	24	24	23	24	23	20	28	28	26	22	88
All Males	39	33	29	31	28	26	27	27	25	23	1,465
Females
Professional	15	3	25	14	5	11	12	19	14	12	52
Employer, manager	22	31	19	27	29	17	27	21	24	19	129
Intermediate non-manual	23	24	19	18	21	19	18	17	15	16	386
Junior non manual	26	28	23	25	26	23	22	26	23	21	498
Skilled manual	27	29	25	27	33	28	24	20	23	21	147
Semi-skilled manual	37	40	39	36	39	37	35	36	35	30	451
Unskilled manual	45	38	35	36	33	38	34	38	42	35	96
No SEG, ref etc,armed forces	17	23	22	22	21	30	28	21	28	24	179
All Females	29	31	27	27	29	27	26	25	26	23	1,938
			Source: Continuous Household Survey
Notes:
1Bases for earlier years are of a similar size