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Table 5 Mean (standard error) cigarettes per day by sociodemogrpahics for each survey from 2007-2009 where available

From: 'The smoking toolkit study': a national study of smoking and smoking cessation in England

 

2007

2008

2009†

Total

STS

13.4 (0.12)

13.4 (0.13)

13.1 (0.12)

population

GLF

13.1 (0.19)

13.1 (0.23)

-

 

HSE

13.2 (0.27)

13.0 (0.17)

-

 

Heterogeneity

X2 = 1.9, p = 0.379

X2 = 3.9, p = 0.145

 

Men

STS

14.1 (0.17)

14.3 (0.20)

13.8 (0.19)

 

GLF

13.9 (0.30)

13.5 (0.31)

-

 

HSE

14.0 (0.41)

13.7 (0.24)

13.6 (0.52)

 

Heterogeneity

X2 = 0.35, p = 0.839

X2 = 6.2, p = 0.044

X2 = 0.13, p = 0.718

Women

STS

12.6 (0.15)

12.6 (0.18)

12.4 (0.16)

 

GLF

12.3 (0.23)

12.7 (0.28)

-

 

HSE

12.4 (0.30)

12.2 (0.18)

12.6 (0.41)

 

Heterogeneity

X2 = 1.3, p = 0.520

X2 = 3.4, p = 0.181

X2 = 0.21, p = 0.650

16-24

STS

11.0 (0.20)

12.0 (0.27)

10.8 (0.21)

 

GLF

10.6 (0.38)

10.7 (0.60)

-

 

HSE

11.4 (0.73)

11.1 (0.35)

-

 

Heterogeneity

X2 = 1.3, p = 0.525

X2 = 6.4, p = 0.040

 

25-44

STS

13.0 (0.18)

13.0 (0.20)

12.4 (0.18)

 

GLF

12.6 (0.31)

12.5 (0.34)

 
 

HSE

12.5 (0.39)

12.4 (0.24)

 
 

Heterogeneity

X2 = 2.1, p = 0.342

X2 = 4.2, p = 0.125

 

45-64

STS

15.6 (0.24)

15.5 (0.27)

15.6 (0.25)

 

GLF

14.9 (0.31)

15.1 (0.35)

 
 

HSE

15.1 (0.44)

15.2 (0.29)

 
 

Heterogeneity

X2 = 3.4, p = 0.180

X2 = 0.99, p = 0.608

 

65+

STS

13.5 (0.38)

12.9 (0.44)

13.5 (0.45)

 

GLF

13.1 (0.58)

12.7 (0.54)

-

 

HSE

13.5 (0.65)

13.2 (0.49)

-

 

Heterogeneity

X2 = 0.36, p = 0.835

X2 = 0.49, p = 0.784

 

High SES*

STS

12.2 (0.17)

12.2 (0.21)

12.1 (0.18)

 

GLF

12.2 (0.27)

12.5 (0.33)

-

 

HSE

12.6 (0.39)

11.7 (0.23)

-

 

Heterogeneity

X2 = 0.93, p = 0.629

X2 = 4.7, p = 0.097

 

Low SES

STS

14.2 (0.15)

14.2 (0.17)

13.8 (0.16)

 

GLF

14.1 (0.27)

13.9 (0.29)

-

 

HSE

13.8 (0.38)

14.0 (0.22)

-

 

Heterogeneity

X2 = 0.98, p = 0.612

X2 = 1.0, p = 0.602

 
  1. *STS = social grade, HSE = NSSEC (household) split Professional/Managerial/Intermediate & Routine/Manual
  2. †Data in 2009 for GLF and HSE is only available from published reports. Only HSE reported mean cigarette consumption, split by gender is available.