Percentage of Europeans self-reporting as active or ex-smokers

Percentage of Europeans self-reporting as active or ex-smokers, total percentages as well as by sex and by age are provided

Extracted from: Special Eurobarometer 458 - Attitudes of Europeans towards tobacco and electronic cigarettes (2017)

Country	Age group (years)	Active smokers total	Active smokers men	Active smokers women	Ex-smokers total	Ex-smokers men	Ex-smokers women
Belgium	Adults (15+)	19%	21%	17%	24%	29%	19%
	15-24	15%			12%
	25-39	28%			24%
	40-54	26%			22%
	55+	11%			30%
Bulgaria	Adults (15+)	36%	45%	28%	13%	17%	8%
	15-24	44%			-
	25-39	50%			12%
	40-54	47%			11%
	55+	20%			17%
Czech Republic	Adults (15+)	29%	38%	21%	19%	22%	16%
	15-24	36%			4%
	25-39	35%			16%
	40-54	33%			19%
	55+	20%			25%
Denmark	Adults (15+)	19%	19%	18%	33%
	15-24	13%			10%
	25-39	24%			27%
	40-54	20%			34%
	55+	17%			45%
Germany	Adults (15+)	25%	28%	23%	21%	25%	17%
	15-24	31%			6%
	25-39	30%			16%
	40-54	32%			21%
	55+	17%			27%
Estonia	Adults (15+)	23%	33%	15%	24%	31%	18%
	15-24	19%			17%
	25-39	29%			24%
	40-54	27%			23%
	55+	19%			27%
Ireland	Adults (15+)	19%	20%	18%	18%	21%	16%
	15-24	25%			3%
	25-39	26%			14%
	40-54	16%			17%
	55+	14%			29%
Greece	Adults (15+)	37%	41%	32%	19%	28%	11%
	15-24	29%			10%
	25-39	46%			14%
	40-54	50%			18%
	55+	26%			25%
Spain	Adults (15+)	28%	30%	25%	22%	29%	16%
	15-24	31%			6%
	25-39	36%			17%
	40-54	35%			24%
	55+	15%			30%
France	Adults (15+)	36%	40%	32%	22%	27%	17%
	15-24	39%			5%
	25-39	47%			17%
	40-54	44%			17%
	55+	25%			32%
Croatia	Adults (15+)	35%	40%	31%	16%	21%	10%
	15-24	38%			3%
	25-39	43%			12%
	40-54	49%			12%
	55+	22%			23%
Italy	Adults (15+)	24%	34%	17%	14%	19%	8%
	15-24	34%			1%
	25-39	29%			11%
	40-54	29%			15%
	55+	18%			18%
Cyprus	Adults (15+)	28%	39%	17%	17%	27%	9%
	15-24	26%			4%
	25-39	37%			14%
	40-54	29%			21%
	55+	19%			24%
Latvia	Adults (15+)	32%	47%	21%	23%	28%	18%
	15-24	35%			15%
	25-39	38%			23%
	40-54	44%			17%
	55+	21%			28%
Lithuania	Adults (15+)	29%	42%	19%	18%	25%	13%
	15-24	34%			12%
	25-39	35%			19%
	40-54	41%			16%
	55+	17%			21%
Luxembourg	Adults (15+)	21%	25%	17%	22%	25%	19%
	15-24	30%			4%
	25-39	25%			24%
	40-54	21%			16%
	55+	14%			34%
Hungary	Adults (15+)	27%	31%	23%	14%	18%	11%
	15-24	39%			6%
	25-39	32%			12%
	40-54	30%			13%
	55+	17%			20%
Malta	Adults (15+)	24%	30%	18%	19%	19%	19%
	15-24	19%			4%
	25-39	44%			9%
	40-54	23%			26%
	55+	14%			27%
Netherlands	Adults (15+)	19%	22%	17%	32%	31%	33%
	15-24	24%			4%
	25-39	22%			21%
	40-54	17%			30%
	55+	18%			49%
Austria	Adults (15+)	28%	34%	23%	19%	20%	18%
	15-24	29%			8%
	25-39	35%			16%
	40-54	33%			18%
	55+	21%			25%
Poland	Adults (15+)	30%	34%	26%	18%	20%	15%
	15-24	29%			7%
	25-39	30%			15%
	40-54	35%			13%
	55+	26%			27%
Portugal	Adults (15+)	26%	33%	19%	14%	23%	6%
	15-24	37%			2%
	25-39	31%			7%
	40-54	34%			16%
	55+	12%			21%
Romania	Adults (15+)	28%	38%	19%	14%	19%	9%
	15-24	33%			4%
	25-39	37%			10%
	40-54	35%			10%
	55+	16%			23%
Slovenia	Adults (15+)	28%	32%	24%	19%	23%	16%
	15-24	33%			4%
	25-39	38%			17%
	40-54	35%			13%
	55+	16%			29%
Slovakia	Adults (15+)	26%	34%	19%	17%	20%	14%
	15-24	35%			4%
	25-39	32%			19%
	40-54	26%			18%
	55+	18%			19%
Finland	Adults (15+)	20%	24%	16%	29%	32%	27%
	15-24	20%			16%
	25-39	24%			29%
	40-54	28%			32%
	55+	14%			32%
Sweden	Adults (15+)	7%	5%	9%	41%	41%	41%
	15-24	3%			21%
	25-39	9%			34%
	40-54	5%			34%
	55+	9%			52%
UK	Adults (15+)	17%	17%	17%	22%	26%	19%
	15-24	18%			10%
	25-39	20%			18%
	40-54	19%			20%
	55+	15%			32%
EU-28	Adults (15+)	26%	30%	22%	20%	25%	16%
	15-24	29%			6%
	25-39	32%			16%
	40-54	31%			19%
	55+	18%			28%

Originally published	11 Mar 2021
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