The data presented so far have been for Great Britain, but the targets included in the White Paper Smoking Kills and in the NHS Cancer Plan relate to England only. Table 8.6 shows that in 2000, overall prevalence in England was 27%, the same as in Great Britain as a whole.

In 2000, as in previous years, prevalence was higher in Scotland, at 30%, than in England or Wales. In England, prevalence was higher in the north of the country than in the midlands and the south.