> Smoke-free
> Less than 5%
Incredible milestone but when 1 in 20 is still smoking I feel like it's a bit early to call yourself smoke free.
> Smoke-free
> Less than 5%
Incredible milestone but when 1 in 20 is still smoking I feel like it's a bit early to call yourself smoke free.
As a child in the 1970s I visited family there and my memory is that it seemed like every adult and older teen smoked. Often filterless. So it's quite a change in a few decades.
I think everywhere in the west was like that in the 70s.
I think the UK is lower than this - it's pretty unusual to see people smoking. Far less common than on the continent.
Perhaps that's location dependent. I was just there and was taken aback by how many more people I saw smoking than where I live in the US. Still not as much as southern or eastern Europe, but more than the large US city nearest me.
It's low indeed, but still around 10% in 2024: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthan...
That's higher than I would've guessed! Interesting.
Yeah... I live here, and I would definitely not call us smoke free. But it's gotten better.
If 1 in 20 is smoke free, I’m declaring the 1 in 10 rate in the us as ALMOST smoke free.